Anticipating a tightrope walk in Gidderbaha due to recent political alignments, PPP chief Manpreet Singh Badal has decided to contest elections from the newly carved out Maur segment in Bathinda district as well.
Earlier, he had announced Sukhpal Singh Bhullar, an award winning farmer, as his party candidate from Maur. Manpreet said he would file his papers from both the constituencies tomorrow. He said he would not take a convoy of vehicles at the time of filing the nomination. “Only some family members and a few legal experts will go to the office of the returning officer,” he said, adding, “I have told my supporters to keep it a simple affair and not to create problems for people in the urban areas”.
His decision to contest the election from Maur as well indicates that he is trying to play safe following a revolt in the Congress whose dominant section has announced to support the ruling SAD.
He said the decision should not be seen as his weakness but he had to do so because “the SAD and the Congress will adopt all sorts of tactics to defeat me. My victory would mean the political end of the SAD”.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will file his nomination papers on January 10. However, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh will file his nomination papers tomorrow.
| NO PPP RALLY AT MAGHI MELA Even as most parties will hold their political rallies at Maghi mela in Muktsar on Jaunary 14, the PPP has decided otherwise. PPP chief Manpreet Singh Badal has said, “Instead, we have planned to hold a political conference, which will be named after Basant festival, at Muktsar on January 22," he said. “It is our policy decision not to hold political conferences at religious functions. Political conferences often create problems on such occasions,” Manpreet added. |
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