"The Election Commission of India must keep a tab on Akali leaders meeting criminals in jails whom they can use to terrorise voters during elections," senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said here today.
Referring to the arrest of 25 persons, including the jail Superintendent, for trespassing into Fazilka prison allegedly to meet inmate Shiv Lal Doda, he said it is an eye opener for the authorities.
Doda, considered to be close to Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, was openly holding sangat darshan programme inside the jail. But the officers under pressure from the Badals were not taking any action, Singh alleged.
About AAP's Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh's candidature in Punjab Assembly polls, Singh said he (Jarnail Singh) has sent his resignation to Delhi Vidhan Sabha Speaker.
"Jarnail will definitely contest from Lambi and defeat Parkash Singh Badal," he said.
Hitting out at Congress, Singh said, "Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh boasts of his popularity among the masses and it is high time that he should contest from Jalalabad to test it."
"Congress leaders are more concerned about their poll ticket than meeting people. All leaders are camping in Delhi for the last few months and have lost connection with voters," he claimed.
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