Mandeep Singh Brar, a leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was reportedly injured in a shooting incident in Fazilka district, Punjab, which supposedly involved a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party.
Brar suffered a gunshot injury and first received treatment at a hospital in Jalalabad before being transferred to a medical facility in Ludhiana because of his serious condition. The shooting allegedly took place outside the BDPO office following a heated dispute.
Violence is not welcome in our democracy. The distressing assault on our sarpanch nominee in Jalalabad is very alarming. The @AamAadmi Party stands for peace, progress, and equality for everyone. Neel Garg, senior spokesperson for AAP in Punjab, stated that they strongly oppose criminal mindsets and call on authorities to act quickly.
AAP MLA Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy of Jalalabad alleged on Saturday that SAD leader Vardev Singh Mann had shot at the party’s leader. Sources say Mann, the offspring of ex-MP Zora Singh Mann, went to the BDPO office seeking information on a school-related file but was turned away. After the rejection, tensions rose outside the office, resulting in a conflict between Mann and Brar, in which a shot was said to have been fired.
More than 52,000 nominations have been submitted for the positions of ‘sarpanch’ and over 1.66 lakh nominations have been received for ‘panch’ in the upcoming panchayat elections on October 15th. On October 15, elections will take place for a total of 13,229 gram panchayats. According to a statement from the Punjab State Election Commission, a total of 52,825 nominations were received for Sarpanches and 1,66,338 nominations were received for Panches in the Gram Panchayat Elections.
Punjab State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhuri stated that the completion of the scrutiny process will be compiled individually once all the deputy commissioners provide the necessary information. The final deadline for withdrawing nominations is October 7. Polling stations will tally up the votes on the day of the election.