02 EARTOTHEGROUND THE TRIBUNE ELECTION 2019 CHANDIGARH | THURSDAY | 7 MARCH 2019 Farm suicides& drug abuse major issues POLL NOTES Economic activity other than agriculture slow |Development restricted only to certain pockets Though the constituency KEY PLAYERS should have benefited the most PARVESH SHARMA | Congress: , from the state government’s Kewal Dhillon, Rajinder Kaur loan waiver scheme, it has back- HE ground zero of Bhattal | SAD: Parminder fired here and has earned more farmer agitations, the Singh Dhindsa, Baldev Mann, bricks than bouquets for the rul- Alliance talks between Tconstituency of San- Iqbal Jhoondan, Winnerjit ing Congress. Dissatisfied with CPM, Cong hit roadblock grur is also infamous for farm Goldy and Simarpartap Bar- partial waiver, farmer unions suicides, because of high nala | AAP: are repeatedly staging protests New Delhi: The CPM is firm on indebtedness. ASSEMBLY SEGMENTS across the district and demand- not giving up its claim on the Economic activity other than ing complete debt waiver. two sitting Lok Sabha seats in agriculture is rather slow and Sangrur has nine Assembly As all 10 blocks of the dis- West Bengal in favour of the development is restricted only seats. Five (Dirba, Sunam, trict are in the dark zone (with Congress, which could create to certain pockets. Little won- SITTING MP Mehal Kalan, Bhadaur and groundwater level falling a major roadblock in the seat- der that this constituency has BHAGWANT MANN (AAP) Barnala) are with AAP; drastically), farmers need an sharing talks between the two Sangrur, Dhuri and Malerkotla parties, senior Left Front strong Left leanings. In spite of He lost his first election to alternative source of income. are with Congress; and leaders said on Wednesday. strong presence, the Commu- the Punjab Assembly to Lehragaga is with SAD. Mann’s “failure” in bring- nist Party of (CPI) has former CM Rajinder Kaur ing any big industry to his The two sides have already managed to win at the hus- Bhattal in 2012 from the TOTAL VOTERS constituency is also being dis- held several rounds of talks tings here on just two occa- Lehragaga constituency. 14,24,743 cussed by disgruntled farm- but were unable to untangle sions — in 1962 and in 1971. In However, he defeated SAD MALE ers. “The Congress govern- the skein of Raiganj and Murshidabad, the only seats all other elections, the seat has heavyweight Sukhdev 7,58,197 ment has committed the the CPM won in the last Lok been won by the Congress, Singh Dhindsa by 2.11 lakh FEMALE biggest fraud with state farm- votes in the 2014 LS poll. Sabha elections in West Akali Dal or its breakaway fac- LEFT HIGH & DRY: Kin of farmers who have committed suicide have been staging protests but to no avail. 6,66,546 ers by giving us partial waiver. Bengal. “No. We offered no tions (Akali Dal Mann and Punjab CM Capt Amarinder contest in sitting seats. It’s Akali Dal Sant Fateh Singh). grur has always beaten predic- The failure of both SAD and ty and leader as MP, with Sur- MPLAD scheme. On the bouring state, high level of drug Singh had promised complete now up to them,” a senior In the 2014 elections, the Aam tions of poll pundits and elected Congress to even hint at their jit Singh Barnala being the ground, however, there has been addiction, lack of required debt waiver and he should CPM leader said in Delhi. The Aadmi Party (AAP) emerged on the least favourable (for poll- possible candidates is a rea- only exception, who was elect- no change for the people. industry for jobs to youth, pollu- have kept his word. MP Mann comments come after Bengal the state’s political scene and sters) candidate. This time also, son to cheer for AAP leaders, ed in 1996 and 1998). Unabated suicides by indebted tion in Ghaggar rivulet, lack of has not brought any industry Congress president Somen their candidate Bhagwant the same can be expected even who believe that Mann would Mann is banking on develop- farmers, deaths caused due to school buildings and other infra- and only distributed grants Mitra flew to Delhi and met Mann, now state AAP chief, though sitting MP Mann con- beat the record by being elect- ment works, which he carried cancer, smuggling of liquor from structure, health facilities and for school. Without jobs, our Congress president Rahul won with a thumping majority. tinues to pull crowds, just like in ed again (since this con- out with transparency from Haryana as Sangrur shares 48 roads are main issues haunting youth are turning to drugs,” Gandhi on Wednesday to It is widely believed that San- the last General Election. stituency has elected new par- funds received under the km of border with the neigh- the area residents. said Gurdev Singh, a farmer. discuss the issue. PTI One in every five voters in In Sirsa, different ball game this time Dera fall, Chautala clan split set to change political equations Haryana is below 30 years Sushil Manav Janta Party (JJP) by Hisar Tribune News Service KANDA BROTHERS A FACTOR TOO MP Dushyant Chautala. Bhartesh Singh Thakur mum (553) voters are in Kar- Chandigarh, March 6 ■ The Kanda brothers Gopal After the split, Dabwali MLA Tribune News Service nal while the lowest 111 vot- With Dera Sacha Sauda having Kanda (L) and Gobind Naina Chautala, who is also Rebel Congress MLA Chandigarh, March 6 ers are in Panchkula. There tumbled following the impris- Kanda (R), also consid- Dushyant’s mother, is with her Umesh Jadhav joins BJP More than one in every five are 89,711 voters in the 90-99 onment of its chief Gurmeet ered a force in Sirsa, are son’s political outfit while MP voters in Haryana is below 30 years age group in the vot- Ram Rahim Singh and a split looking for political affilia- Charanjit Singh Rori, Sirsa Kalaburagi (K’taka): Congress years. There are 10 Lok Sab- ers’ list. The maximum in the INLD weakening the tion of their party Haryana MLA Makhan Lal Singla, Rania rebel MLA Umesh Jadhav Lokhit Party with the BJP ha and 90 Assembly seats in number of such voters grip of the Chautala clan on MLA Ram Chander Kamboj joined the BJP at a rally here the state. The data compiled (7,946) is in Bhiwani while voters, the upcoming parlia- ■ In the 2014 Assembly poll, both brothers lost narrowly to the and Ellenabad MLA Abhay on Wednesday, two days after till January 31 says that there the lowest number of 1,436 mentary and Assembly elec- INLD candidates from Sirsa and Rania seats respectively Chautala are with the INLD. he quit the Karnataka Assembly membership, and is are 1.41 lakh voters in the age voters is in Panchkula. tions in Sirsa district will be a ■ Kanda senior recently also met SAD president Sukhbir Badal The SAD has already tipped to take on Congress group 18-19 and 36.15 lakh in Dr Inderjeet said that vot- different ball game altogether. though he described this as a courtesy call announced that it would con- veteran Mallikarjun Kharge in age group 20-29. Out of 1.74 Age Group No. of voters* ers’ enrolment is going on The dera factor has always test Lok Sabha and Assembly the coming Lok Sabha crore total voters, 37.56 lakh and would continue for the held sway in elections in sev- the first time on its own. On its it should have after attain- polls in Haryana on its own. 18-19 1.41 lakh elections. Jadhav joined the voters are below 30 years. next 10 days before the fil- eral districts of Haryana and part, the ruling party was also ing power due to our votes,” “People in Sirsa used to vote 20-29 36.15 lakh BJP before Prime Minister That makes up 21.6 per cent ing of nomination papers for Punjab ever since Gurmeet seen “repaying” the dera with its said an ardent supporter of for the INLD for two reasons. Narendra Modi’s address at of the total electorate. 30-39 43.48 lakh the Lok Sabha poll. He said Ram Rahim Singh first start- ministers visiting the dera and the dera. A section of voters supported the rally, in the presence of There are 3.68 lakh people that those voters who are ed playing a role in elections announcing funds from the Besides the dera, the Chauta- the INLD because of political 40-49 35.04 lakh state BJP president BS who are first-time voters in still left out, they could fill almost two decades back. state exchequer till a court judg- la clan has always been a force ideology while another section Yeddyurappa, former Chief the state. “As many as 85,613 50-59 27.68 lakh Form no. 6 on website online After his brush with the ment sealed Ram Rahim’s fate to reckon with during elections voted for the party because Minister Jagadish Shettar and voters’ names have been cut to get their votes made. Akali government after Ram and landed him in jail. in Sirsa district. The INLD they believed that they did not 60-69 17.17 lakh a host of other party leaders. “I while we have rectified 60,950 A toll-free number Rahim’s open support to the Though the dera has tum- won the Sirsa parliamentary want to be seen as opposed to am happy and proud on names. Rectification is car- 70-79 8.27 lakh 18003361950 has been started Congress in the 2007 Assem- bled since then, Ram Rahim’s seat in May 2014 and again the Chautalas in their home joining the BJP,” Jadhav said ried out for mistake in name, 80-89 3.37 lakh for providing state-level bly poll in Punjab, the dera followers and those who had won all the five Assembly seats district. With the split, while before Modi arrived on the relation or date of birth,” said information to voters. had started extending its sup- financial stake in his business in the district in October 2014, the first category of voters stage. He also sought Joint Chief Electoral Officer, 90-99 89,711 Apart from this, voters can port to political parties secre- are there in large numbers in four by itself and the fifth by stands divided between the blessings from the people of Haryana, Dr Inderjeet. 100+ 5,910 get information about their tively through its political Sirsa and surrounding dis- the party’s partner SAD. INLD and JJP, both the parties Kalaburagi to make Modi The highest number of vot- *The data is till January 31 form status and polling sta- affairs wing. But it extended tricts and it is yet to be seen However, things may not will have to instil confidence Prime Minister again. BJP ers, 43.48 lakh, is in the age tion by calling on voter’s open support to the BJP in how they react in the polls. remain the same after the among the second category of sources said Jadhav is likely to group of 30-39. It implies There are 5,910 voters who helpline toll-free number the 2014 Assembly poll. “Most of us are not happy feud in the Chautala clan that voters that they can still come be the party’s Lok Sabha there are 46.6 per cent voters are above 100 years of age in 1950 in their district or by The dera’s support helped the with the BJP. We think the led to a split in the INLD and to power after the split,” said candidate for the Gulbarga who are below 40 years. the voters’ list. The maxi- sending SMS. BJP a lot as it came to power for BJP did not respond the way the floating of the Jannayak an old party worker. seat to challenge Kharge. PTI

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