Warring writes to CEO; seeks urgent intervention
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
Alleging that the Punjab government officials were not issuing ‘No Objection Certificates’ to Congress candidates contesting the Zila and Block Parishad elections, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today sought urgent intervention of the Punjab Chief Electoral Officer in the matter.In a letter addressed to the CEO, Warring said, the NOCs of the Congress candidates were either being delayed or denied.
“Since the process of filing of the nomination papers has already started and the last date is close by, the candidates are not getting the NOCs to be issued by the concerned officials”, he said, while adding this was an attempt to deny them the chance to contest.
The concerned officials, he disclosed, are not available anywhere across Punjab. “I have been flooded with messages and phone calls about this problem that the concerned officials authorized to issue the NOCs are not available”, he said.
Apprehending a deliberate design in all this, he said, “there appears to be a deliberate design in this to deny the NOCs to our candidates and may be to all other opposition candidates so that they are not able to contest”.
Warring noted that it was a gross violation of the fair electoral process and sought the CEO’s immediate intervention to issue clear instructions to all concerned officials to be on the job and issue the NOCs forthwith.