The matter of elections of five Municipal Corporations and Municipal Councils has again reached the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Even after the order of the Supreme Court, the election schedule has not been issued by the State Election Commission. According to the decision given by the court, the time period has been completed on 26 November.
In such a situation, the petitioner Beant Singh has filed a contempt petition against the State Election Commission through his lawyer. At the same time, he has demanded an immediate hearing on the petition before the Chief Justice's bench today.
Letter sent to Election Commission on 22 November
The petitioner has argued in the petition that the Punjab government had issued a notification for the elections on 22 November and sent a letter to the State Election Commission. After receiving the notification, the election schedule was not issued by the commission. Due to this, a petition has been filed by him.
Let us tell you that during the last hearing, the court had said that if he feels that the right action is not being taken in the matter, then he can come to the court again.
Minister Ravjot's demand to hold elections on party symbol
Earlier, civic minister Dr. Ravjot Singh had said in a conversation with the media that now the State Election Commission has to take a decision regarding holding elections. A letter has been written to the Election Commission on his behalf. He said that these elections will be held on party symbols.
Elections will be held under the old ward process
The civic department has told the Election Commission that it is ready to hold elections by the end of December. He said that these elections will be held in urban areas. At the same time, elections will be held according to the old ward division because this matter had gone to the Supreme Court. Orders have been given in this regard.
Orders were given to complete the election process
The fight for the municipal corporation elections went from the High Court to the Supreme Court. On November 11, in this case, the Supreme Court had asked the Punjab government to hold elections in a total of 10 weeks. The Supreme Court had ordered the notification of elections in 15 days and completion of the election process in the next 8 weeks.