18062024-JTR-01.qxd 6/18/2024 12:50 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune IRS OFFICER SWATI CHOPRA PENS BOOK OF POETRY SHARMAJEE KI BETI SET FOR DIGITAL RELEASE ON JUNE 28 CELEBRITIES EXTEND WISHES ON OCCASION OF EID-UL-ADHA Swati Chopra, a 2011 batch IRS officer, has put down life-based events in the form of a book of poems. P2 The film explores relevant themes of women’s empowerment and challenges they face.P4 Several celebrities took to social media to extend greetings to fans and followers celebrating the festival. P4 » » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 42°C | MIN 30°C YESTERDAY MAX 46°C | MIN 30°C SUNSET TUESDAY 7:27 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 5:20 AM TUESDAY | 18 JUNE 2024 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF BIKER KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT Farmers continue protest over fee hike at Ladhowal toll plaza Make it free for commuters on second consecutive day Hoshiarpur: A youth died after the motorcycle he was riding was hit by an unidentified truck on the Hoshiarpur-Tanda road. According to information, Ramesh Chander, a resident of Pandori Khajur village, told the police that when his son, Jatinder Kumar (26), was going towards Bullowal village, an unidentified truck hit his motorcycle. As a result, he fell on the road and died on the spot. The police have registered a case against the unidentified truck driver. OC Phillaur, June 17 Agitating farmers continued their stir against fee hike at the Ladhowal toll plaza and made it free for commuters for the second consecutive day today. Ladhowal toll plaza manager Deepender Kumar said fixing toll rates was in the purview of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) only and the vendors could not decide this. He, however, said the toll barrier company was suffering losses daily due to the farmers’ agitation. Amidst raising slogans AAP faces uphill task in Jalandhar West bypoll Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Farmers hold a protest at the Ladhowal toll plaza. against the Union Government, the agitating farmers strongly condemned the imposition of toll tax on four- wheelers. They said fourwheeler owners had already paid road taxes at the time of purchasing the vehicles. — OC Eid bonhomie PHOTOS: SARABJIT SINGH Clockwise from top: Muslim devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha; BJP leader Sushil Rinku and party candidate Sheetal Angural greet people; and Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi at a mosque in Jalandhar on Monday. Jalandhar, June 17 With both AAP and BJP announcing tickets for the Jalandhar West Assembly bypoll today, contest for the reserved seat is all set to be a high-stakes battle for prestige between both parties and their candidates. Amidst Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s plans to shift base to Jalandhar ahead of the bypoll, the byelection is set to be a test for him and a formidable challenge for the AAP following the drubbing , the party received in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. With former BJP and now AAP candidate Mahinder Bhagat and former AAP MLA and now BJP candidate Sheetal Angural battling it out to secure their place in regional politics, the bypoll is poised to be a keenly contested match for assertion of regional status. Awaiting Bhagwant Mann’s imminent shift to Jalandhar in preparation for the bypoll, the AAP is faced with not one but multiple challenges. Delayed MC polls and repeatedly hurled barbs of corruption in civic bodies are a key issue against AAP in the constituency, much of which comprises camp and slum areas whose populace is reeling under sewerage, power and underdevelopment woes. Secondly, the feud between two leaders - foeturned-friends Sushil Rinku and Angural - has ironically ended up profiting the BJP big time this year as was evident also in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat results. Additionally, just like the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, the AAP has once again pinned its hopes on an experienced man with clean image but a relatively passive veteran who is up against a younger, aggressively vocal and active leader. Last year, the AAP leadership left no stone unturned to Hoshiarpur bids adieu to Kuwait Deepkamal Kaur KEENLY CONTESTED MATCH With former BJP and now AAP candidate Mahinder Bhagat and former AAP MLA and now BJP candidate Sheetal Angural battling it out to secure their place in regional politics, the bypoll is poised to be a keenly contested match for assertion of regional status. douse the flames of animosity between Jalandhar West’s old foes Sheetal Angural and Sushil Rinku when the latter was chosen as the Jalandhar bypoll candidate in 2023. Rumours even circulated then that Rinku had been brought in to snub then MLA Angural. Rinku’s win by over 58,000 votes in the 2023 Jalandhar bypoll and the decisive winning margin in Jalandhar West bore testimony to the fact that the duo had indeed buried the hatchet. The benefits of all that toil are now to the advantage of the BJP this year. Also in 2017, Mahinder Bhagat was defeated by Sushil Rinku, then in Congress. In 2022, amidst an AAP wave, Angural had won Jalandhar West by defeating Rinku, who is now strongly backing Angural. Together, the duo managed an impressive vote share of 42,837 in Jalandhar West for the BJP in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha elections this year. The BJP got just 1,557 votes less than the Congress, which won Jalandhar West with 44,394 votes. The AAP trailed at meagre 15,629 votes in Jalandhar West. The AAP has an uphill task of redeeming this lost vote count. Right after getting the ticket today, Angural aggressively targeted the AAP and even questioned Bhagat’s candidature. Bhagat also questioned Angural’s candidature from the seat despite his resignation from the MLA post earlier. Rinku and Angural have been launching repeated tirades against the AAP often , challenging the CM and raking up issues as varied as corruption, time of the bypoll, choice of candidate, CM’s choosing residence here, etc., throughout the Lok Sabha elections and later also. In comparison, the AAP candidate’s responses are relatively passive. Kaypee rules out rejoining Cong Our Correspondent BJP workers with party candidate Sheetal Angural; and (below) AAP workers greet party candidate Mahinder Bhagat in Jalandhar on Monday. PHOTOS: SARABJIT SINGH Crorepati candidate & betrayal, Cops carry out Angural, Bhagat trade charges search ops in am surprised that person fire mishap victim Says he had no such intentions; party to announce candidate soon: Channi Jalandhar, June 17 and BJP Iwho resigned after twoayears as K’thala district After the AAP 'I AM WITH AKALI DAL' ❝ Tribune News Service Hoshiarpur, June 17 The last rites of Himmat Rai, a resident of Kakkon village in Hoshiarpur, who died in the fire incident in Kuwait recently, was performed at a crematorium on the Hariana Road here today. His pyre was lit by his son Arshdeep Singh. Besides his wife Sarabjit Kaur, daughters Harpreet Kaur and Sumanpreet Kaur, MLA Sham Churasi Dr Ravjot Singh, Tehsildar Hoshiarpur Gursewak Chand, Inderjit Singh, Jaswinder Singh, retired DSP Swarn Singh, Paras Ram and a large number of relatives, friends and local residents were present. It may be mentioned that 45 persons, including 40 Indians, died in a fire in a building in Kuwait. With the help of the Centre, state government and the district administration, Himmat Rai’s body reached here on Saturday morning. Jalandhar, June 17 As AAP announced Mohinder Bhagat as its candidate for the Jalandhar West bypoll this afternoon, the BJP followed the suit within almost an hour by nominating former MLA Sheetal Angural as its candidate. However, as the Congress held back the announcement of candidature of its probable and former Deputy Mayor Surinder Kaur, this led to speculations that former Congress MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee could join back the party and become its nominee. However, Kaypee later denied any such speculations and said that he had no such intentions. “I am very much with the Akali Dal and there is no question of rejoining the Congress. I am holding discussions with the SAD chief about the can- I am very much with the Akali Dal and there is no question of rejoining the Congress. I am holding discussions with the SAD chief about the candidate. Our party will finalise the candidate most probably by Tuesday evening. ❞ Mohinder Singh Kaypee KAYPEE’S SECURITY DEPOSIT FORFEITED IN LS POLL While Charanjit Singh Channi had won the Lok Sabha elections polling 3.9 lakh votes, Mohinder Singh Kaypee was at distant fourth polling only 67,911 votes and getting his security deposit forfeited. Moreover, Kaypee had only polled 2,623 votes from the Jalandhar West Assembly segment, the bypoll of which is scheduled for July 10. didate. Our party will finalise the candidate most probably by tomorrow evening,” he said. Since Kaypee is related to Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi as his daughter is wedded to the latter’s nephew, he decided to quit the Congress to contest against Channi. While Channi had won the Lok Sabha elections polling 3.9 lakh votes, Kaypee was at distant fourth polling only 67,911 votes and getting his security deposit forfeited. Moreover, Kaypee had only polled 2,623 votes c m y b from the Jalandhar West Assembly segment, the bypoll of which is scheduled for July 10. Kaypee said: “When I had last contested the MLA elections from the area, it was not Jalandhar West. It was called as Jalandhar South and delimitation was done after that.” He remained MLA from Jalandhar South thrice in 1985, 1992 and 2002. On the announcement of Congress candidate, Channi said: “It may take another day or two”. The Congress has left it completely upon Channi to lead the party for the bypoll. The party is planning to base the entire campaign on Channi’s name”. It will be third day tomorrow for filing nomination papers for the bypoll. So far, no candidate has filed any papers. The last day for filing nomination papers is June 21. announced their candidates for the Jalandhar West Assembly bypoll, Mahinder Bhagat and Sheetal Angural launched an attack on each other on Monday. While Angural termed Bhagat a “crorepati” candidate, Bhagat in turn questioned Angural’s authority to contest again as he had previously ‘betrayed’ people’s trust by resigning as Jalandhar West MLA. Speaking to the media, Angural said: “The AAP announced Mahinder Bhagat as its candidate. Where are its grassroots workers and groundlevel people to whom it wanted to give tickets? Now, the party has selected a crorepati (millionaire) candidate”. Reiterating Sushil Rinku’s charge that AAP was planning some action against him, Angural said, “Conspiracies are being hatched against me. My family is being threatened.” Meanwhile, Mahinder Bhagat, while speaking on Angural’s candidature, said, “I heard he is being fielded by the BJP . an MLA, and betrayed people’s trust is now again contesting from the Assembly seat. He was already elected. Why didn’t he do his duty? People know the credibility of candidates, they know they are not reliable, they will judge on behaviour. I don’t care about other people. We did ‘sewa’ (service) and will continue to do so. People are fed up of old and want to bring in new.” Targeting gambling and illegal trade in Jalandhar West, Bhagat said, “It seems all the vices of Jalandhar city have come to Jalandhar West (constituency). Like a home, where the family head is responsible for what happens, the responsibility for social ills lies with society’s leaders, that they should prevent the vices from creeping in. In Jalandhar West, the representatives in the last seven years —- compared to previous governments —- have allowed drugs and other vices. We will improve the scenario and work on it.” — TNS Our Correspondent Phagwara, June 17 Kapurthala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vatsala Gupta, along with Superintendents of Police Sarabjit Rai and Gurpreet Singh, DSPs Jaspreet Singh, Harpreet Singh, Babandeep Singh and Gurmit Singh and a large number of police personnel, conducted a cordon and search operation (CASO) in various parts of Kapurthala district, including Phagwara, Kapurthala and Sultanpur Lodhi. The police also conducted searches at the houses of those involved in drug smuggling. The police nabbed four suspects and recovered 6,000 ml of illicit liquor, 50 grams of heroin and 27 bottles of whisky from them. SSP Vatsala Gupta said the cordon and search operation would continue to curb crime and drug menace.
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