Punjab civic polls: AAP demands CM Amarinder Singh's resignation amid skirmishes

Alleging Congress manipulation, AAP MLA Bhagwant Mann on Sunday has said that it was 'deadly for democracy', amid civic polls underway in Punjab. Going a step furr, Punjab MLA Harpal Cheema alleged that poll-violence 'proved' CM Amarinder Singh was a 'killer democracy', demanding his resignation. Currently, 9,222 candidates are in fray for elections to 2,302 wards of eight municipal corporations of Abohar, Bathinda Batala, Kapurthala, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga and 109 municipal councils and Nagar panchayats in state.

37 pc polling till 12 on for civic body elections in Punjab

AAP demands Punjab CM's resignation

Punjab civic polls: Voting underway; police on high alert after reports of possible threat

Poll clashes in Punjab

re were some reports of mir skirmishes and heated exchanges between workers of ruling Congress and opposition parties at some places, including Jagraon, Batala, Rupnagar, Rajpura, Tarn Taran and Bathinda. Moreover, AAP members std a dharna in Samana and Patti area against alleged "high-handedness" of Congress. Similarly,  seven people have been injured in Ward 1 of Ropar Municipal Council in a clash between Congress and SAD workers, state reports. Talking to media in Majitha, Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia accused Congress of misusing government machinery to win urban local bodies polls in Punjab.

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Punjab was put on high alert with as many as 19,000 police personnel deputed to conduct free and fair elections. Voters were also screened through rmal scanners at polling booths in wake of COVID-19 pandemic. re are 20,49,777 male,18,65,354 female and 149 trans voters, totalling 39,15,280 registered voters in state for civic body elections, EC spokesperson said.

Around 37 per cent polling was registered till 12 on on Sunday for civic body elections in Punjab, officials said. voting began at 8 am and it will continue till 4 pm, y said. State Election Commission (SEC) has set up 4,102 polling stations, of which, 1,708 have been declared as sensitive and 861 as hypersensitive.  A voter who enters polling station before 4 pm will have right to vote, an SEC spokesperson said. Around 7,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have been deployed for voting. counting of votes will take place on February 17.

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