Hooch case accused unanimously elected panch with AAP support in Punjab village, Opposition cries foul

Rashpal surrendered and secured bail aft the enactment of the AAP authorities successful 2022. Gurpal has been facing 2 cases of smuggling illicit liquor. Both brothers power a conception of the Dalit colonisation successful the colony that falls nether the Patti Assembly constituency owed to Rashpal’s Godman status. They joined the AAP during the wide elections earlier this year.

“I person the enactment of the AAP and Cabinet curate and Patti MLA Laljit Singh Bhullar. I filed a nomination. No 1 other filed nominations against me. So I americium elected unanimously,” said Gurpal.

Supported Congress successful 2022

The Dhotian brothers supported Congress campaigner and the past sitting Patti MLA Harmandir Gill successful the 2022 Assembly elections. This was aft Gurpal had concisely joined the SAD and aboriginal moved to the Congress.

The Congress could lone get 159 votes from the booth wherever astir of the followers of Rashpal and his member Gurpal live. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) got 217 votes from the aforesaid polling booth, whereas the winning AAP campaigner Bhullar got 273 votes from the booth.

Gurpal and Rashpal joined the AAP up of Parliament elections this twelvemonth erstwhile Bhullar contested from Khadoor Sahib. To invitation them to the AAP, Bhullar visited the Dhotian brothers astatine their house, which was attached by constabulary successful the hooch case.

Not lone Gurpal, the full Panchayat of the Dhotian village, including 11 panches and the sarpanch, was unanimously elected. The recently elected Sarpanch of Dhotian, Harjinder Singh, was booked by the Sairhali constabulary for allegedly moving a prostitution racket successful 2021. However, Harjinder told The Indian Express that the FIR was aboriginal quashed.

Former sarpanch and erstwhile marketplace committee president Paramjit Singh said, “There is nary democracy. Either the Opposition was not allowed to record the nominations oregon the nominations were cancelled. There were goons sitting extracurricular the information centre. They were tearing the files of the aspirants. All the panches and sarpanches were elected unanimously lone aft crushing our close to contest. The AAP needs the enactment of an accused booked for the hooch tragedy. It explains however acrophobic they are from contesting elections.”