Akalis name Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana as panthic candidate for Sangrur LS poll

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday announced Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana as the joint candidate of the SAD and Bahujan Samaj Party and all panthic organizations for the Sangrur parliamentary bypoll.
A decision to this effect was taken after SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal held thorough consultation on this issue with the BSP leadership as well as panthic organizations including the Sant Samaj and the Bandi Sikh Rihai Committee. He appealed to the ‘panth’ to support Kamaldeep Rajoana’s candidature.
Stating this, SAD Spokesman Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said Biba Rajoana would contest the bypoll on the SAD symbol. She will file her nomination on June 6.
He said there was a long-standing demand from panthic organizations that the joint panthic candidate for the Sangrur bypoll should be from the families of ‘Bandi Singhs’. “The panth feels that this will focus attention on the plight of Sikh detunes who have been languishing in jails even after completion of their sentences. Sri Akal Takth Sahib Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh had also relayed a message to the community in this regard. The SAD has taken all these factors into consideration while deciding to field Biba Rajoana as the joint panthic candidate on the party symbol”.
Dr Cheema said Bibi Rajoana, is the sister of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana who has been incarcerated in jail for 26 years.