Amidst the excitement of Panchayat elections in Punjab, a new form of fear of gangsters has emerged. No one filed nomination for Panchayat elections in Behbal Kalan village of Faridkot district. The reason for this is the notorious gangster Simma Behbal, resident of the village. Simma Behbal wanted to make his father the Sarpanch of the village, but even before the election process started, the police registered a case against Simma Behbal along with his father and other associates. After this his family was not able to file nomination. Due to fear of the gangster and his family, no one from the village filed the nomination. Voting for Panchayat elections will be held in the entire state on October 15. In such a situation, due to no nomination for the post of Panch-Sarpanch in Behbal Kalan, Panchayat elections will not be held.
Gangster Simma is out on bail
Gangster Simma Behbal is a category A gangster. More than 20 criminal cases are registered against him in many police stations of Punjab including Faridkot district. At present he is released on bail. As soon as he came out of jail, he started working to make his father the Sarpanch. A few days ago, Simma Behbal had also organized a meeting in this regard in the village. When the police reached there, Simma Behbal ran away from there. The police had arrested two people from whom weapons were found. Faridkot police had registered a case against Simma Behbal, her father and others. At the same time, Faridkot SP Baljit Singh Bhullar said that the district administration can tell about no one filing nomination in Behbal Kalan. The job of the police is to make security arrangements. Police force was deployed at the places where nomination was filed.
Voting will be held on October 15
More than 52,000 nominations have been filed for the posts of Sarpanch and more than 1.66 lakh for Panch in the Panchayat elections to be held on October 15 in Punjab. Elections will be held for 13,229 gram panchayats on October 15. According to the Punjab State Election Commission, a total of 52,825 nominations have been received for Sarpanches and 1,66,338 nominations for Panches. According to Punjab State Election Commissioner Rajkamal Chaudhary, voting will be held on October 15 from 8 am to 4 pm. Counting of votes will be done on the same day. Voting will be held for 13,237 posts of Sarpanch and 83,437 posts of Panch in Punjab. The total number of registered voters in the state is 1,33,97,922 in which the number of male voters is 70,51,722 and the number of female voters is 63,46,008. Voting will take place at a total of 19,110 polling stations in the Panchayat elections.
Violence in Fa district and Firozpur, atmosphere tense
Many incidents of violence have taken place in Punjab even before the Panchayat elections. Violence has taken place especially in Fa district and Ferozepur during the filing of nominations. Aam Aadmi Party sarpanch candidate Mandeep Singh Brar was shot in the chest in a clash between Aam Aadmi Party and Akali Dal workers at the BDPO office in Jalalabad in Fazilka district on Saturday evening. His condition is critical and he has been admitted to DMC Hospital, Ludhiana. Jalalabad MLA Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy had alleged that the bullet was fired by Shiromani Akali Dal leader Vardev Singh Mann.
Report: Moni Devi
