CHANDIGARH, Punjab—Polling day in Punjab passed peacefully except some untoward incidents. The first incident happened in polling station 162 of Patiala Rural (Tripari) when Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Badal (B) workers entered the polling station and threw the control unit of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) on ground which partially damaged the unit. As per official sources, SAD workers have been arrested and a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against the guilty people.
Another incident took place in village Gallowal Hargobindpur of Batala Sub Division where a fight broke out between supporters of two opposing political parties. A third incident in Ferozepur constituency, an FIR under 131/132 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of Representation of Peoples Act was registered for disorderly conduct of some individuals in the polling station.
In the same constituency, an FIR under 171 IPC was registered for undue influence to voters.
An unrelated incident at village Cheecha near village Rampura of Assembly Constituency Attari took place when a service weapon of security personnel was fired accidentally in which nobody was injured.
A fight broke out between supporters of two political parties at Kartarpur 4-Jalandhar Parliamentary Constituency. An FIR has been registered in this matter.
Seven people were injured in a poll-related clash between SAD-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress workers at village Sangatpura in the district of Moga. The injured include both SAD and Congress leaders. The injured have been reportedly rushed to a nearby hospital.
In Ludhiana constituency, a clash reportedly happened between workers of independent candidate Simarjit Bains and SAD-BJP Candidate Manpreet Ayali.
But at all places, the situation remained under control.
Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa, his wife and Congress Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Charanjit Kaur caught on camera misbehaving with an aged voter at a polling station in Qadian. Both Bajwa and his wife apparently skipped the queue to cast their votes. Charanjit Kaur pushed aside the voter who was standing before her to cast her vote for her husband who is the Member of Parliament (MP) and Congress candidate from Gurdaspur. Bajwa looked approvingly at what his wife did.
