SANGRUR: Mrs. Rajinder Kaur Bhatial, Minister for Higher Education, Punjab, while talking to mediapersons.at the PWD rest house, claimed the Congress would win be: tween nine and 10 of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the forth. Coming elections.
Mrs. Bhatal said the siting Congress MP from the Sangrur parliamentary constituency, Gurcharan Singh Dadhahoor, has the first claim to be the party candidate for the next Lok Sabha elections, however, the final decision in this regard lay with the party high command, she added. She appealed to likeminded parties, including the Communists and the Bharatiya Janata Party, to oppose the Akalis who were responsible for encouraging the militants in Punjab, Vote for Akalis would mean voting for militancy, Mrs) Bhattal said.
Article extracted from this publication >> January 24, 1996
