Manohar Singh dubbed the choice of the Congress giving ticket to Gurpreet Singh GP as “injustice” with the folks of the constituency and alleged that the sitting legislator was “incapable and ineffective.”
“A number of distinguished folks of Bassi Pathana space have requested me to struggle as an impartial and I’ll go by what they’ve mentioned. There isn’t a probability of going again and I’ll absolutely struggle the polls,” Manohar Singh instructed PTI over the telephone.
Singh had in August final yr resigned as a senior medical officer from Kharar civil hospital. Singh has executed his MBBS and MD. He additionally holds a postgraduate diploma in journalism and has additionally studied legislation.
He mentioned he took the choice of contesting as an impartial after assembly a number of councillors, village sarpanch and panch who requested him to struggle the polls.
“Folks instructed me it was mistaken to offer the ticket to him (Gurpreet Singh GP). He had earlier not executed something and now he has once more been foisted upon,” mentioned Singh.
Singh mentioned he’ll speak to his brother Channi and persuade him about his choice.
On the ‘one family-one ticket’ components of the Congress for the upcoming meeting polls, Channi mentioned the get together fielded Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, who’s the son of Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary, from Phillaur seat.
Equally, Fatehgarh Sahib MP Amar Singh’s son Kamil Amar Singh has been given the ticket from the Raikot seat, he mentioned.
Final yr, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu had inaugurated the ballot workplace of Gurpreet Singh GP at Bassi Pathana constituency.
Voting for Punjab’s 117 meeting seats will likely be held on February 14 and the counting of votes will happen on March 10.