Ludhiana: In the setback to Congress in the northern constituency of Ludhiana, her prominent face Ramanjit Singh Lalli left the party on Thursday and announced to oppose the assembly poll from the north seats as independent.
Suspecting him and his supporters had been ignored and ruled out over the command of the Congress to sit MLA from Rakesh Pandey Utara, Lalli announced his decision during the meeting of his supporters and representatives of several organizations.
Speaking to Toi, Lalli said, “I did not hold grudges against the Congress, but I have been forced to make this difficult decision and end the relationship with the party.
All because of MLA today, my supporters and my supporters are not honored.
Recently, During the visit of Minister of Charanjit Singh Channi in elections, I was not even given the opportunity to speak during a function.
And it was all planned by MLA.
Next, when I apply for tickets from the North Constitution and Gill, I was ignored again.
Keeping all these factors In view, my supporters and people from the Dalit community asked me to quit the party and held elections as independent of the northern constituency to Pandey.
“In other developments, the leader of the Senior Congress and Chair of the Punjab State Industry Development Board, brought it to raise bets Against the party and demanded tickets from the South Ludhiana constituency.
He said, “High command must ensure that tickets for South Ludhiana should only be allocated after still considering factors such as seniority, dedication and honesty.
I was associated with Congress for decades now and I have given all kind of sacrifice without thinking about the consequences.
When working For a party, I even took a bullet on my chest during the era of terrorism and lost two of my close colleagues.
So, the time postponed by the party received a request for my old fortune in its efforts to compete as independent.
He did all this because he had been rejected by tickets from Northern constituency from where I have a ticket based on achievement and work done by me.
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