Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon, CPI(M) candidate from Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency filed his nomination papers on April 3. He was accompanied by the State Secretary Charan Singh Virdi, and Central Committee Member of the CPI(M) Suneet Chopra, along with hundreds of CPI(M) and other Left parties’ workers and supporters.
Addressing an impressive rally held prior to the filing of the nomination, Charan Singh Virdi, said that this time all the Left parties in Punjab have entered the poll fray unitedly. Suneet Chopra said that people are fed up with the Congress and the BJP and they want to bring a revolutionary change to get rid of corrupt politics. He also said that Left parties have always fought for the rights of the people. Sekhon, said that the Congress, and the Akali Dal –BJP combine, are making personal attacks on each other to divert attention from real issues concerning the people of Punjab like unemployment, price rise, loot by sand mafia and an alarming rise in the number of drug addicted youth.
April 4, 2014