Malerkotla: Congress advises candidates to refrain from mudslinging

In order to preserve the integrity of democratic ideals during events held to solicit votes for the party candidates, office-bearers and activists from different wings of the Congress party under the Malerkotla Assembly of Sangrur and Amargarh segment of the Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha constituency have been urged to participate.

It has also been recommended that politicians and campaigners who address gatherings uphold the promises of “nyay patra,” “panch nyay,” and “pachees” and resolve local difficulties rather than making exaggerated claims or defaming rival candidates or their parties.

An important member of the election coordination and campaign committee, Smit Singh Mann, stated that local and regional leaders, including office bearers of different party wings, had been made aware of the need to adhere to Election Commission guidelines in order to preserve democracy during the campaign for party nominees Dr. Amar Singh Boparai and Sukhpal Singh Khaira.

Mann claimed that the main opposition party to the Congress, the BJP, was attempting to use votes as a referendum on their allegedly baseless claims made over the previous ten years. “We have updated local leaders about our sacred document, ‘nyay patra’, which has a clear agenda for all sections of society and we need not waste our valuable time slinging mud against those parties that could not even arrive at some agenda,” Mann said.

Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent interview with a channel a “scripted one,” Mann urged voters to interpret the broadcast’s veiled implications, which have drawn harsh criticism.

Mann asserted that the concepts of “pachees” and “panch nyay” were also determined through rigorous and scientific analysis. “Though the Prime Minister has tried to allure youths through the ‘year 2047 slogan’ and priority for digitalization, he has clarified that curbing poverty and exporting agricultural produce are not his party’s concerns,” Mann said.