PATIALA: While political parties don't have any particular criteria to allot party tickets, ex-servicemen of Punjab have fixed conditions for all politicians, who want to get their votes in the forthcoming assembly elections.
The conditions were revealed on Saturday evening after a meeting of ex-servicemen, who had converged here under the banner of Ex-Soldiers Sailors and Airmen Association (ESSAA).
Having faced betrayals by politicians in the past, the ex-servicemen are in no mood to offer their support to any party this time without checking the credentials of candidates, said ESSAA president, Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal.
They have also decided to secure written assurances from candidates, whom they finally support.
ESSAA has formed a special team under the supervision of Chhatwal to check credentials of candidates of all parties.
After detailed screening of candidates, ESSAA will finalize names of candidates but will make a final decision to support only after getting written assurances from them about fulfilling the ex-servicemen's demands.
"We would exercise voting right judiciously this time to press the demands of ex-servicemen. We have also decided to support candidates on merit instead of supporting any single party in the state," said Gurjant Singh, an ex-servicemen.
The organization will take into consideration qualities of candidates like accessibility, ability (educational) integrity, adaptability, accountability, status, past performance in the party and the present agenda of the party.
Candidates with defense background fulfilling all criteria would get preference.
To get proper feedback and take the best decision, the association has authorized its district presidents to recommend candidates of their constituency keeping in view the guidelines formulated by the state body.
"We don't want to face more betrayals by politicians. Written assurances are needed so that we can expose the winners after elections, if they fail to fulfill the commitments they made before elections," said Chhatwal. Source: TOI.
The conditions were revealed on Saturday evening after a meeting of ex-servicemen, who had converged here under the banner of Ex-Soldiers Sailors and Airmen Association (ESSAA).
Having faced betrayals by politicians in the past, the ex-servicemen are in no mood to offer their support to any party this time without checking the credentials of candidates, said ESSAA president, Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal.
They have also decided to secure written assurances from candidates, whom they finally support.
ESSAA has formed a special team under the supervision of Chhatwal to check credentials of candidates of all parties.
After detailed screening of candidates, ESSAA will finalize names of candidates but will make a final decision to support only after getting written assurances from them about fulfilling the ex-servicemen's demands.
"We would exercise voting right judiciously this time to press the demands of ex-servicemen. We have also decided to support candidates on merit instead of supporting any single party in the state," said Gurjant Singh, an ex-servicemen.
The organization will take into consideration qualities of candidates like accessibility, ability (educational) integrity, adaptability, accountability, status, past performance in the party and the present agenda of the party.
Candidates with defense background fulfilling all criteria would get preference.
To get proper feedback and take the best decision, the association has authorized its district presidents to recommend candidates of their constituency keeping in view the guidelines formulated by the state body.
"We don't want to face more betrayals by politicians. Written assurances are needed so that we can expose the winners after elections, if they fail to fulfill the commitments they made before elections," said Chhatwal. Source: TOI.
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