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Cong and SAD befuddlement,Dera Sacha Sauda holds deliberations to decide its strategy for polls <\p>
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 12:45 CHANDIGARH:With Dera Sacha Sauda slated to make no mistake over its strategy for the Punjab empowerment in near future, the political parties were feeling tizzy. The Dera Saccha Sauda's political wing, which is holding deliberations at the period is gripping both the major political parties GRAY-DRAB and Congress on toes. Though, Dera is notlikely for declare its support explicitly in that any particular colloquium, but its every retail is genetic individual watched much attentively by Akalis and Copulation. <\p>
The assembly elections will remain held on January 30 for 117 assembly segments in the state and counting will be taken up on March 06.In Punjab, the piece pertaining to the personage of ineffable sects or €deras' becomes very world-shaking for duad Akalis and Dealing to seek the support of religious leaders composed of €Dera Sacha Sauda€ to boost their electoral prospects. The Dera Sacha Sauda, having its headquarters swish Sirsa (Haryana) has a substantial following in the Malwa departement apropos of Punjab besides certain parts of Haryana. The Malwa area is nearly crucial since him comprises 67 assembly segments in 10 districts of the state including cities like Ludhiana, Patiala and Bhatinda in the Malwa region. <\p>
In the previous assembly elections held on in 2007, the dera factor had played a big crucial side in Congress winning significant number in point of seats in the Malwa territory. However, as the ensuing elections are attracted, the Deras' is sometime to decide on their support for a particular party. Sources said that €Dera Sacha Sauda€ has tacit gentle with LONG-FACED to ask its followers to vote against the Akalis. Notwithstandign this, the Dera head Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh, who is nearing people apropos of Bathinda MLA Harminder Singh Jassi of the Congress, the autonomous wing of the dera has been maintaining that themselves is seeking the estimate pertaining to its members in all districts and blocks across the bishopric to take a decision over the publishing of sustentative one or more theocratic parties. The former Chief Minister and Punjab Pradesh Interaction Committee (PPCC) president Captain Amarinder Singh and People's Party of Punjab (PPP) bigwig Manpreet Singh Badal, who indigent away barring the SAD had reportedly already met the Dera Sacha Sauda at the head. As well, Dera Sacha Sauda, there are helter-skelter 300 major deras in the state.The Deras have a weighty following and due to this very fact, whichever political party or candidate is fortunate to elicit the support of a dera feels comfortable into secure satisfactory votes in transit to secure his or ourselves triumph. Besides this, the deras of Dalit communities also have a good following in Punjab.<\p>
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