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JALANDHAR: Congress has fielded candidates on party symbol in around 92% of over 2,200 wards for municipal elections ranging from municipal corporations to nagar panchayats. However, BJP has fielded candidates on its party symbol from around 52% of the total wards, its erstwhile partner Shiromani Akali Dal has fielded 80% candidates and AAP 72% candidates on their party symbols.
The BJP has claimed that it had decided to contest on party symbol only in municipal corporations, ‘A’ and ‘B’ class municipal committees, from where it has fielded candidates in over 68% wards.
SAD, in contrast, said that it had left it to local leaders to take a decision on using the party symbol. Sources revealed that at quite a few places Akali candidates considered their prospects better by opting for the independent route even when the party had strong presence in those areas.
He said the Zilla Parishads and Mandal Parishads would be given funds like the Gram Panchayats and they would be assigned fixed responsibilities. He promised to allocate funds for Zilla and Mandal Parishads in the state s budget for 2021-2022.Stat
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Farmers with their children during a protest against the three farm laws at a railway station in Jandiala Guru village, about 20 kilometres away from Punjabâs Amritsar, on 27 October 2020. After a farmersâ rally saw violence in Delhi on Republic Day 2021, sit-ins against the laws have been seeing signs of impending forced eviction. Panchayats in Punjab have since increased their efforts to keep the movement going. NARINDER NANU / AFP / GETTY IMAGES
Farmers with their children during a protest against the three farm laws at a railway station in Jandiala Guru village, about 20 kilometres away from Punjabâs Amritsar, on 27 October 2020. After a farmersâ rally saw violence in Delhi on Republic Day 2021, sit-ins against the laws have been seeing signs of impending forced eviction. Panchayats in Punjab have since increased thei
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BATHINDA: More village panchayats in Punjab have called upon their residents to join the farm protests on the borders of Delhi or pay a fine instead.
Panchayats of at least five villages in Malwa region of Punjab passed such resolutions, in which each houshold would have to send at least one male member for a week to the protest, in the last 24 hours. Though families which do not participate have been asked to pay a fine if they do not send a member, panchayats said these were just to motivate households to participate.
Farmers have been protesting on the borders of Delhi since November 26, against three contentious laws passed by the Centre last year. The latest call for support has come in the wake of the protesters coming under criticism over isolated incidents of violence in Delhi during their tractor parade on Republic Day.