She was accompanied by PPCC vice-president OP Soni and former MLA Jasbir Singh Dimpa. The police have so far arrested Harcharan Singh and his brother Sukhwinder Singh while their third brother Sarwan Singh along with Hardeep Singh and Randeep Singh are still absconding.įormer union minister and senior Congress leader Ambika Soni visited the family of Sukhraj on Saturday to express the party leadership's solidarity with them and also to boost the morale of the party workers who are busy fighting the Akalis in the coming block samiti and zila parishad polls. ![]() Sukhraj, the Patti block president of the Youth Congress and party candidate for the block samiti elections, was shot dead on May 8 while coming out of the village gurdwara. The SAD leader said that he would visit the family of the murdered Youth Congress leader Sukhraj at his native village Bhagupur and ensure all possible help to them. Kairon broke his silence after his Congress rival Harminder Singh Gill, who had lost to him in the last two assembly elections, alleged that the accused had defected from the Congress to SAD in January last year during the election campaign. Whatever may be the case, it was an extremely sad incident and the accused will be brought to book." From what I have learnt is that personal enmity led to the murder. ![]() "My first concern is to ensure peace in my constituency and at the same time initiate developmental projects," he added.Ĭlarifying Congress charges that all the accused belonged to the SAD and were his supporters, the minister evaded a direct answer and said, "I have made it crystal clear that criminals will not be spared and neither will I ever support them. He maintained that he was never in the habit of defending or shielding criminals. Kairon, the son-in-law of the chief minister and representing the Patti assembly constituency since 1997, claimed that he had issued strict instructions to the police to arrest all the five accused. If someone has committed a crime, he or she must be arrested and punished," Kairon said while addressing the media at his residence in Kairon village. "I am not shielding anyone, whether Akali or Congress. From the fourth constituency from Khadoor Sahib which was represented by Ranjit Singh Brahampura, who was the patron of the rival SAD (Sanyukt), the SAD is yet to declare candidate.Breaking his silence in the Sukhraj Singh murder case, food and civil supplies minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon on Saturday categorically denied the Congress allegations that he was trying to shield the five accused as they were Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) supporters. He was playing holding his cards close to his chest. He addressed some gatherings in the area just to oppose the candidature of Valtoha.Ī few days back, a video had gone viral on the social media regarding Kairon joining some other political party but he had not given any clarification. He went absent since his defeat except few days when the candidature of Virsa Singh Valtoha was announced. Most of the candidates from all political parties have started their activities for the upcoming Assembly elections but Adesh Partap Singh Kairon was conspicuous by his absence in the constituency. Moreover, he is the son-in-law of SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal. The party is to declare possible candidates from Patti and Khadoor Sahib.Īs Adesh Partap Singh Kairon had been representing this constituency for a long period he must be the first choice of the party. Recently, Harmit Singh Sandhu had been nominated as the halqa incharge for Tarn Taran. ![]() SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal had declared Virsa Singh Valtoha as the possible candidate from Khemkaran constituency months back. ![]() The third possible candidate Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, former minister, was keeping his cards close to his chest which was creating many rumours in the political circles.Īdesh Kairon had represented Patti Vidhan Sabha constituency four times from 1997 to 2017 but lost in the 2017 election to his Congress rival Harminder Singh Gill. Tarn Taran:The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leadership has hinted two of the four candidates for the Vidhan Sabha seats in Tarn Taran.
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