Punjab bypoll candidates feel the chill wind of union protests

Aman Arora assured PSU leaders that their demands would beryllium considered successful close earnest, Dhillon told The Indian Express.

The Malwa Western Zone Committee of the PSU had staged this protest. They demanded that acquisition should beryllium brought backmost into the State List from the Concurrent List of the Constitution, and that 90% preservation successful jobs should beryllium allocated for Punjab residents.

Addressing the gathering, PSU authorities president Ranveer Singh Kurar said, “Before coming to power, the AAP had promised to bring a gyration successful education. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had consistently called for giving penchant to Punjab residents successful authorities jobs. However, not a azygous committedness by the AAP has been fulfilled. The policies of the cardinal authorities are being imposed connected the state, eroding Punjab’s rights. The Centre’s New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has been implemented successful Punjab, and its antagonistic impacts are already becoming evident.”

Farmers’ protest

BKU Ugrahan members person already launched dharnas extracurricular the offices of BJP and AAP candidates successful bypoll-bound constituencies (Gidderbaha, Barnala, Chabbewal and Dera Baba Nanak), Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan, wide caput of BKU Ugrahan, told The Indian Express.

Dharnas extracurricular offices/houses of candidates started from November 4.

The crushed for the protestation is tardy lifting of paddy and shortage of DAP fertiliser for wheat sowing, Kokrikalan said, adding that “the AAP authorities is moving connected the lines of the cardinal authorities and some governments are blaming each other. We cognize the information down each this blame-game. We volition question these candidates erstwhile they travel for byelection campaign.”

Their dharnas astatine 26 toll plazas crossed the authorities are already going on.

On Tuesday, BKU Ugrahan members had stopped the conveyance of BJP campaigner Manpreet Singh Badal successful Gidderbaha to question him successful this respect (tardy lifting of paddy). Manpreet Badal has been blaming the authorities authorities for dragging its feet connected making milling argumentation owed to which, according to him, this situation has been created.

On Monday veterinary doctors had staged a dharna successful Gidderbaha, portion connected October 27 Purani Pension Bahali Sangharsh Committee had organised a protestation successful Gidderbaha to property for their assorted demands.

“On November 9, Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) volition beryllium organising a mega rally successful Barnala and different 1 successful Gidderbaha connected November 17 to property for their demands. Our day for Gidderbaha whitethorn change, but a rally volition beryllium organised for sure,” said Digvijay Pal Sharma, president of DTF, portion talking to The Indian Express.