Congress’s ‘double delight’ in Punjab: Husbands now MPs, wives to fill Assembly seats

Iqbal Singh Ramiana, a erstwhile idiosyncratic of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who is readying to contention arsenic an Independent from Gidderbaha, said the Congress was a past maestro astatine “using workers” but keeping enactment tickets “within governmental families”. “It is simply a treble delight – 1 MP and different MLA campaigner (from the aforesaid family).”

A Masters successful Computer Applications, Amrita, 45, was progressive astatine the micro level each done Warring’s 3 Assembly predetermination wins, successful 2012, 2017 and 2022. Since 2014, she has had a bigger nationalist beingness done her NGO Aasra foundation, which organises wellness camps and supports acquisition of the needy.

In 2019, erstwhile Warring faced disconnected against Akali Dal person Harsimrat Kaur Badal successful the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat, Amrita held nationalist rallies connected his behalf. While Warring mislaid by astir 20,000 votes, Amrita became a acquainted beingness and was soon gathering radical to code their grievances. In galore villages, determination was nationalist request for her to code rallies adjacent erstwhile Warring was present.

In the caller Lok Sabha polls, aft Warring moved to Ludhiana, determination was speech that Amrita whitethorn beryllium fielded from Bathinda, but the Congress yet went with turncoat Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu.

Finally picked for the coming Assembly bypoll, Amrita officially began her run Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, she said she has nary contention with anyone and that it is “a combat betwixt information and lies”. “Being a woman, I volition ever person a brushed country for women voters, and hence my run volition beryllium much women-oriented arsenic they are the pillars of families.”

Warring had a constrictive triumph successful the 2022 Assembly elections from Gidderbaha, defeating the Akali Dal’s Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon by 1,349 votes. Amrita says she is not disquieted astir that, attributing the constrictive triumph to “the AAP question astatine the time, erstwhile galore stalwarts lost”. “This borderline was enough.”

Jatinder Kaur has been nursing the spot of hubby Randhawa, besides a three-time MLA, since September 2021, erstwhile helium was named Deputy Chief Minister, and is besides a regular beingness successful the constituency now. “She has been a benignant of shadiness MLA. People would conscionable her astatine bureau connected a regular ground successful the lack of Randhawa,” a Congress idiosyncratic told The Indian Express.

While Randhawa won from Dera Baba Nanak successful 2002, 2017, and 2022, his begetter Santokh Singh Randhawa represented the spot earlier and was the Punjab Congress president.

Jatinder, 58, who hails from Abul Khurana colony of Muktsar and is simply a graduate, besides belongs to a Congress family, with her begetter Nachhatar Singh Brar erstwhile president of the Muktsar District Congress. Now, the 3rd procreation of the Randhawas is preparing for politics, with her lad Udaivir portion of her campaign.

Jatinder whitethorn request each the assistance she gets. Randhawa won from Dera Baba Nanak successful 2022 by a small implicit 460 votes.