Chandigarh, January 29 (Doaba News Service)- Capt Amarinder Singh is approaching the Supreme Court in the Amritsar Improvement Trust matter. The hearing on his petition for quashing the FIR lodged by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau was adjourned by Justice MMS Bedi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The hearing was deferred after the counsel of petitioner said his client was approaching the Apex Court for adjudication of the issue, whether despite interim order by the SC, the Bureau could proceed with filing of challan in the case before the trial court. The case now stands adjourned till February ...
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Chandigarh, January 16 (DNS)- The police probe into alleged rape case going on against Amarinder Singh has so far revealed that the matter is turning out to be a case of implication. The complainant is still untraceable and preliminary enquiry by the police indicates that she was threatened to make a statement against the former Chief Minister of Punjab. The enquiry has also revealed that the organiser of the press conference, where the allegations of rape were levelled, Shamsher Singh Jagera, is an accused in a rape case registered way back in 2003 at Ludhiana. To top it all, he has “refused to join the enquiry”. In a report submitted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Ludhiana’s SSP Sukchain Singh Gill has asserted that “despite best efforts” the complainant could not be traced. But, her sister and mother were associated with the enquiry. The complainant’s mother told the police that on November 15 last, the purported victim called her up. She said her statement was “recorded in the press against Amarinder Singh”. Elaborating, the complainant said she was “threatened that, in case she did not make the statement against the ex-Chief Minister, her family ...
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Chandigarh, January 16 (Doaba News Service)- The PPCC election schedule is still to be announced but the knives are already out. Senior party leaders today met party Central Election Authority Chairman Oscar Fernandes and claimed that former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was the best person to lead the party in the state even as they complained of widespread irregularities in the party membership drive. The Congress leaders, who were led by former MP Rana Gurjeet Singh, met Fernandes before he presided over a meeting held at the Pradesh Congress bhawan here to mark the end of the party membership drive. Rana Gurjeet Singh told The Tribune that the delegation that included senior leaders like Choudhary Santokh Singh, Avtar Singh Brar, Amarjit Singh Samra, Sukhjinder Randhawa, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Harpartap Singh Ajnala, Kanwaljit Singh Lalli, Raman Behl, Sukh Sarkaria and Brij Lal Goyal met Fernandes with the intention of conveying the sentiments of Congress workers to him. “We told the central leader that though it was the prerogative of the high command to appoint anyone but the people of Punjab were anxiously awaiting Amarinder’s re-appointment as the PPCC ...
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Muktsar, January 14 (DNS)- The political conference of the Congress at the Maghi Mela here today again brought dissensions in the party to the fore as Capt Amarinder Singh and many other sitting legislators abstained from the show. It was not only the former CM, Capt Amarinder Singh, but also a majority of the state leadership, except three sitting MLAs, the CLP leader, the party President and a few of former MLAs, ministers and local leaders, did not turn up. Taking a serious notice of their absence, the convener of the conference, senior Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar, lashed out at them, saying, “No indiscipline of wilfully skipping such state-level events will be tolerated.” Indirectly hitting at his party colleagues, who remain embroiled in controversies due to their foreign friends, Brar said, “Being politicians, we cannot get away with the excuse that such activities are a part of our personal lives. We can never shy away from our public responsibilities.” Talking to Doaba Headlines, he said most of the state leaders, who were willing to attend the conference, had been asked by a particular party faction to cancel their visit. However, he termed the ...
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