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JOGINDER PAL JAIN

 

JOGINDER PAL JAIN TAKES OATH AS MLA
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 11:
Mr Joginder Pal Jain, who was elected from the Moga Constituency today took oath as a Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly,.
A spokesman of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today said that, Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Mr. Charanjit Singh Atwal today adminitered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Jain in his chamber.  On this occasion Mr Atwal , Chief Minister of Punjab Mr Parkash Singh Badal and Revenue Minister of Punjab Mr Bikram Singh Majithia greeted him and offered sweets to him.  

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JAIN WINS MOGA BYE POLL BY 18849 VOTES

CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY, 28

Mr. Joginder Pal Jain, Candidate of Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) today won the Moga Bye Poll with a margin of 18849 votes.

Disclosing this here today, a spokesman of the CEO Punjab today said that Mr Jain defeated the Indian National Congress candidate Sathi Vijay Kumar.

He further said that out of total 130300 votes counted during 14 rounds of counting, Mr jain has got 69269 votes, while his archrival Mr Sathi has bagged 50420 votes. Besides that 7401 votes has been polled to PPOP candidate Dr Ravinder singh dhaliwal, followed by SAD (M) candidate Mr Birinderpal Singh, who got 822 votes. He said that Gurmeet singh Ranghreta of PLP has received 459 votes, Jaswant Singh Bedi of IKL 221, Shri Ram Denwyal IND 215, Hardev Singh IND 304, Chhinder Singh IND 403 and Rajinder Singh IND has got 786 votes.

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Congress to fight 'deserter' in Punjab by-poll

By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,

Chandigarh: Till last month, Joginder Pal Jain was a Congress legislator in Punjab. He then quit the party and joined the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal. Now, the Congress is marshalling all its resources to defeat the "deserter" in the Feb 23 by-election to the Moga assembly seat.

The by-election will see Jain being fielded by the Akali Dal, while the Congress is yet to finalise its candidate. Nominations have to be filed by Feb 6.

The by-poll is turning out to be a showdown between the Akali Dal and the Congress.

While the Akalis are rejoicing over having caused a mini-coup in the Congress by making Jain defect, the latter's leadership wants to prove that the Moga electorate will not go with a "deserter".

Jain had quit his assembly seat and the Congress Dec 26 and joined the Akali Dal. This was seen in Punjab's political circles as a move by Akali Dal president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to embarrass the Congress.

Badal had been claiming that some Congress legislators were in touch with him.

What was significant about Jain's exit is that he has risked quitting his seat within the first year of the assembly's five-year term.

The Punjab assembly poll was held last Jan 30 and the results were declared in early March.

"I joined the Akali Dal unconditionally. I was feeling disappointed with the style of functioning of the Congress leadership and the infighting in the party. Dissidents were being encouraged against me," Jain had said after joining the Akali Dal.

The Congress leadership, including state Congress president and former chief minister Amarinder Singh, Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Jagmeet Singh Brar, Leader of Opposition Sunil Jakhar and others are mostly camping in Moga to ensure that the party retains the seat.

Calling Jain a "deserter" who had done a "business deal" with the Akali Dal, the Congress leaders are now telling Moga voters to "punish" him.

"The people of Moga have to deliver their verdict whether the betrayal should be rewarded or punished. This by-election will change the course of Punjab's political history," Amarinder Singh said at a recent rally in Moga, 170 km from Chandigarh.

"Jain himself said he was a businessman, he is now at the right place and in the right party, since all of them including Parkash Singh Badal, Sukhbir Badal and Bikram Majithia were only doing business. Jain is now history," Amarinder said.

Jagmeet Singh Brar said: "The Moga by-election will decide whether a deserter who had betrayed his own people should be honoured or punished.

"I am confident that the people of Moga will teach a lesson to Jain so that no one else will dare to betray."

Jakhar ridiculed Jain for saying he had "certain compulsions to join the Akali Dal".

"Such leaders do not have any compulsions, but only weaknesses that make them succumb to temptation," Jakhar said.

But for Jain, the switching of loyalties is no guarantee of a smooth victory in the by-poll.

Senior Akali Dal leaders of Moga district are upset with the Akali leadership for promoting him at their cost.

Former Punjab director general of police (DGP) P.S. Gill, who contested and lost against Jain as the Akali Dal candidate for the Moga seat last January, and his supporters are likely to play spoilsport for Jain.

 

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JOGINDER PAL JAIN got B.Aand LLB from DAV College, Dehra Dun.

Jain's income

  • His income as Rs 7,37,210 in 2012, declared Rs 4,01,876
  • His wife's income increased from Rs 4,63,460 in 2012 to Rs 6,18,635 on Saturday.
  • In 2012, he showed his son Akshit Jain as dependent with income of Rs 4,44,920
  • This year his son filed a separate affidavit as covering candidate with the total income of him and his wife of nearly Rs 4.82 lakh.
  • In 2012, the total value of his moveable assets including that of his son, wife, factory and HUF was Rs 3.53 crores, this year the moveable assets are worth Rs 3.6 crore including his son and his spouse.
  • His immoveable assets which stood at Rs Rs 1.20 crore in 2012 rose to Rs 3.95 crore including his son's.
  • Loan increased from Rs 15.56 lakh last year to around Rs 33 lakh this year
  • His movable assets worth around Rs 19.4 lakhs including that of his wife. He also has a car loan of Rs 7.35 lakhs in SBI, Moga

Sources: India associated Media