Drawing comparison between the two leading candidates for the post of prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and L K Advani former chief minister and Congress campaign committee chairman Capt Amarinder Singh today said only Manmohan Singh could take the country to newer heights,while with Advani as PM,the country would be mired in communalism. He was addressing a public rally here,before he accompanied party candidate Partap Singh Bajwa to file his nomination papers from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency. Keep in mind while voting that your choice of MP will have a direct bearing on who the next PM will be, he urged the voters,adding,Advani at the top post would lead to communal riots and Babri-like incidents. So far,Capt was mainly taking up local issues in his speeches across the state,but today he devoted a major part of his speech to the issue of who the next PM would be. Later,turning to local issues,he criticised the alleged family rule of the Badals. We have not forgotten the excesses committed by the Akalis during the last local body elections. This is the time to give this government a befitting reply, he said. On Bathinda,where his son Raninder Singh is pitted against CM Parkash Singh Badals daughter-in-law,Deputy CM Sukhbir Badals wife Harsimrat Kaur,he said,The whole Badal family is campaigning for Harsimrat,but Raninder is taking them on all alone. This shows their apprehension. Senior Congress leaders Ashwani Sekhari,Tript Inder Singh Bajwa,Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Khushhal Behal were also present. Meanwhile,chaos prevailed during the filing of nomination by Bajwa. A major rush headed towards the office of SDM Vimal Setia,who denied the entry of photographers to his office. This angered the leaders,but Harpreet Sandhu,Bajwas lawyer,intervened and the managed to bring the situation under control. 52-year-old Bajwa has served as minister under Amarinder in the previous state government. He is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time. Bajwas assets Partap Singh Bajwa has Rs 3 lakh in cash,his wife Charanjit Kaur has Rs 30,000 and his son V P S Bajwa Rs 10,000. He owns three cars,has bank deposits of Rs 41 lakh and his son has Rs 72,000 in bank deposits. Bajwa also owns agricultural land worth Rs 1.9 crore and non-agricultural land worth Rs 1.2 crore,apart from jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh. His wife has jewellery worth Rs 11.5 lakh.
