CONGRESS'S DESPERATE FLIGHT TO POWER CRASH LANDS-
VOTE BANK POLITICS EXPOSED PUBLICLY - SUKHBIR

Chandigarh, April 8

Shiromani Akali Dal President and Deputy Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that Congress Party's desperate flight for power by provoking Sikh sentiments, firstly by awarding Lok Sabha tickets to butchers of Sikhs and than facilitating their elections by granting clean chit to them, has crash landed and now Congress was looking for covers to hide its face. He said that this episode has exposed the real anti Sikh face of Gandhi family controlled Congress Party and belated attempts to cancel the tickets of Sajjan and Tytler would not wash away this blot from the forehead of this killers' party.

In a statement issued here, Mr. Badal said that Congress always treated Punjab as laboratory to carry out experiments to retain power and was responsible for loss of more than 25 thousand lives during more than decade dark era of militancy in Punjab. He said that even heads of various Central Intelligence Agencies, have disclosed the murky planning hatched by then Congress leadership, to foment violence in Punjab to garner few extra votes in other parts of the Country. He said that coterie around Gandhi family tried to repeat the same experiment provoking the sentiments of Sikhs by ensuring clean chit to the Tytler, who was held guilty by various commissions, has backfired on them exposing their shadowy face in the public. He said that Congress now can not claim to be a 'martyr' after this suicidal step.
Calling upon all right thinking parties to come on one platform to expose the real face of Congress Party, Mr. Sukhbir Badal said that time has come to bundle out this party so that it should not dare to experiment with the sentiments of people for their parochial political interests. He said that yesterday's incident, though unfortunate, was reflective of pent up anguish and anger of whole Punjabi community of being deliberately denied justice, even after 25 years of massacre of over 4000 Sikhs in the country.

CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICE PUNJAB

Chandigarh April 8: –With a view to preventing impersonation of electors, so as to make the right of genuine electors to vote under section 62 of the Representation of People Act, 1951 more effective, the Election Commission of India has issued required directions to the Chief Electoral officers of all the states and union territories regarding uses of electoral photo identity cards EPICS during the forth coming general election 2009.

Stating this here today, a spokesman of the Chief Electoral officer Punjab said that those who have been issued with EPIC should bring the EPIC and those who have not been issued with EPIC should bring any other document prescribed by ECI as a proof for their identification at the time of casting votes.

Giving details of the prescribed document, the spokesman said that in the absence of the EPIC, alternative document such as a copy of the passport, driving license, PAN cards, service identity cards issued to its employees by State/Central Government, public sector undertaking local bodies or public limited companies with photographs, pass books issued by public sectors banks/post offices and Kisan pass books with photograph updated upto 28.02.09 property documents such as pattas, Registered deeds etc. with photographs, SC/ST/OBC certificates issued by competent authority with photographs, pension documents such as ex-servicemen’s pension books/pension payment order ex-servicemen’s Widow/ Dependent certificates old age pension orders, Widow pension orders, freedom fighter identity cards with photographs Arms License issued upto 28.02.09, certificates of physical handicap with photograph issued by competent authority, job card issued under NREGA with photographs and health insurance schemes and smart cards with photographs would be required .Adding further he said that any of these documents that was available only to the head of the family might be used for identifying the other members of the family provided all members come together and are identified by the head of the family.

As many as 854 complaints of violation of Model Code of Conduct etc. have been received till date where as 437 are pending and 417 have been disposed off and 437 are pending.

The Spokesman also said Complaints Cells have been set up in all the districts directly connected with the Head Office at Chandigarh. All the complaints can be received on Fax at those centers (Fax numbers of districts complaint cells are attached) and at Chandigarh on Phone Numbers 0172-2540632 and 2707970. The complaints would be received only on the Fax and not on the phones, he added. The complaints can also be posted at the office of Chief Electoral Officer Punjab SCO 29-30 Sec. 17-E Chandigarh

Angered by Clean chit to Tytler; SAD1920 to support Shiromani Akali Dal
• Youth Congress’s Senior Vice President join Shiromani Akali Dal along with 101 supporters

Chandigarh, April 7

Congress party today found itself cornered on the crucial issue of giving clean chit to Tytler and Sajjan, as SAD 1920 today equivocally deciding to support Shiromani Akali Dal candidates in Bathinda and Faridkot with a singular aim of punishing and defeating Congress party.

Addressing a massive gathering of SAD 1920’s workers in the presence of Shiromani Akali Dal President and Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal at village Burj Mahima of Bathinda district, Mr. Gurdeep Singh General Secretary Shiromani Akali Dal 1920 said that keeping in view the role played by congress party in giving clean chit to the architects of 84 riots, his party has decided to support SAD on two seats to keep congress away from power. He said that despite ideological differences with Shiromani Akali Dal his party would not compromise on the issue of injustice to the ’84 riot victims by the congress party and would make every effort to isolate this killer party on this crucial issue. He said that party would soon take a decision regarding supporting SAD candidates on other seats shortly.

Welcoming the SAD 1920’s decision, Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal called upon all like minded and justice loving parties to come on one platform to ensure justice to 1984 riot victims and punish congress party responsible for promoting leaders guilty for the worst ever massacre of innocent people in independent India. He said that with this decision Congress party stand fully exposed and now they are trying to rub salt on the 25 years old wounds of victims just for vote bank politics.
Later at village kot fatta when media ask for his comments on the episode of daily based Jagran journalist Jarnail Singh throwing shoe on Home Minister Mr. P. Chidambram after being refused answer on clean chit to Tytler by CBI, Mr. Badal said that press represents society and this incident was reflection of pent-up anger in the people on the sensitive issue of awarding the leaders responsible for 84 anti Sikh riots and managing clean chit from CBI to the main accused.

Here, Congress party suffered a major jolt as Mr. Parmjeet Singh Dhillon, who was Senior Vice President Youth Congress Punjab and President Youth Congress Bathinda for last decade, joined Shiromani Akali Dal along with his 101 supporters in the presence Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal. Mr. Parmjeet said that he and his supporters took this decision against the nomination of an outsider, the role played by congress party in giving clean chit to the culprit of ’84 riots. He said that development works initiated by SAD-BJP in the area also attracts them to join Akali Dal. He said that they were all set to ensure forfeiture of deposit of Congress candidate. Interestingly those who joins Shiromani Akali Dal includes a large number of women.

JOURNALIST'S ACTION INDICATIVE OF DEEP ANGUISH OVER THE CLEAN CHIT TO TYTLER AND OTHERS: BADAL ON SHOE THROWING INCIDENT

Chandigarh April 7: The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr. Parkash Singh Badal said here today that the shoe-throwing incident at the Union Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram's press conference in New Delhi this morning should serve as an 'eye opener' for the Center, especially for the Congress party, about the depth and magnitude of pain and angst over clean chits given to those guilty of the unspeakable horror of the 1984 massacre of thousands of innocent Sikhs by the Congress goons.

"This pain and angst is not confined merely to the Sikh community but is shared by all the right-thinking people in the country and all over the world. The horrendous and brutal genocide of innocents was a crime not just against the Sikh community but an outrage against humanity of which the Congress party at the Center and the States should be permanently ashamed. The victims have been awaiting justice for nearly 25 years. What has rubbed salt into their wounds now is the unabashed clean chit given to Mr. Jagdish Tytler by the CBI," said Mr.Badal in a statement here this afternoon.
The Chief Minister said that it was significant that the journalist in question, Mr. Jarnail Singh, has no history of fundamentalist leanings and is in fact a liberal, educated Sikh, with no political affiliations. "The legality or decorum of the method adopted by him might be called into question but there is no mistaking the sanctity of his pain and the justness of his cause", said Mr.Badal.

The Chief Minister further said that various independent judicial Commissions, including the Nanawati Commission, had indicted Mr. Jagdish Tytler, Mr. Sajjan Kumar and many of their senior Congress colleagues for their inhuman role in the 1984 massacre. But instead of prosecuting them, the successive Congress governments at the Center have chosen to subvert the law of the country and outrage all norms of civilized human behaviour in order to shield the guilty men of 1984. The Congress party honoured Mr.Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar with party tickets for the Lok Sabha even before managing a CBI clean chit for them. Still more disgracefully, these men had been given Cabinet berths by successive Congress Governments since 1984.

Mr.Badal caller for immediate prosecution of Mr. Tytler and Mr. Sajjan Kumar and others guilty of grave crimes against humanity in the dark days of November1984.