Ludhiana West SAD-BSP candidate Maheshinder Singh Grewal urges CEO to transfer SHOs

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 23

Apprehending that Station House Officers (SHOs) of the five police stations located in Ludhiana (West) Assembly constituency, represented by Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, might exercise undue influence on voters in favour of ruling Congress, the SAD-BSP candidate Maheshinder Singh Grewal has urged the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Punjab, to immediately replace these officials with those, who had not served in this segment for last three years.

After the Model Code of Conduct for the Assembly elections came into force, the SHOs were shuffled from one police station to other, but in the same Assembly segment (Ludhiana West), which shows the real intentions of the ruling party. — Maheshinder Singh Grewal, SAD-BSP Candidate

In a communication to the CEO, Grewal, who is also senior vice-president of the SAD, said all these five SHOs, handpicked by the minister were serving in Ludhiana (West) Assembly segment for quite some time.

“After the Model Code of Conduct for the Assembly elections came into force, the SHOs were shuffled from one police station to other, but in the same Assembly segment (Ludhiana West), which shows the real intentions of the ruling party,” he added.

Claiming that police officials (SHOs) chosen by Ashu for deployment in his Assembly constituency even after the imposition of the Model Code of Conduct would make undue interference and influence voters in favour of the ruling party, Grewal demanded their immediate transfer to other parts of the district or preferably out of the district.

The SAD leader maintained that if these five SHOs were not immediately shifted from their present places of posting, free and fair elections in this particular segment would not be possible.

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