Manpreet’s kin contribute their bit for campaign

Manpreet’s kin contribute their bit for campaign  

Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Gidderbaha, March 15
People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Singh Badal’s relatives have reached Bathinda constituency to give a push to his election campaign. Duties have been assigned to them and areas divided for canvassing.

Manpreet’s wife Vinu Badal came from Delhi two days ago and has been holding meetings with party workers. She is looking after Bathinda (urban) and Maur areas. His daughter Ria, a student of class XII at Choate Rosemary Hall (a boarding school) at Wallignford in the United States, has also arrived and is meeting people in Bathinda to garner support for her father.

Manpreet’s son Arjun Badal, who studies in New York University, will campaign in Bathinda rural, Bhucho and Sardulgarh areas.

Meanwhile, Manpreet’s brother-in-law Jaijeet Singh Johal “Jojo” is holding public meetings in Mansa and Budhlada areas. Gurdas Singh Badal, Manpreet’s father, has been given the task to campaign in the ruling Badal’s stronghold Lambi assembly segment, from where he lost the assembly elections in 2012. He will be accompanied by Jagjeet Singh “Honey Fattanwala”, a cousin of Manpreet, who too had unsuccessfully contested assembly elections from Muktsar. Manpreet's other cousins Manjeet Singh Fattanwala and Jimmy Fattanwala have been told to meet party workers in Bathinda rural and Bhucho areas, respectively.

Jaijeet Johal said, “At present, we are holding meetings with Congress leaders and workers in all assembly segments under the Bathinda parliamentary constituency. The campaign will formally begin in the next two to three days, when senior Congress leaders will come to Bathinda.” 

Pitching in

* Manpreet's wife Vinu Badal has been assigned Bathinda (urban) and Maur areas

* Daughter Ria is meeting people in Bathinda

* Son Arjun Badal will campaign in Bathinda rural, Bhucho and Sardulgarh areas

* Father Gurdas Singh Badal and cousin Jagjeet Singh "Honey Fattanwala" will campaign in the Lambi assembly segment

Harsimrat’s daughter to come next month

* The third generation of the ruling Badal family is set to join the seniors in canvassing. Harkeerat Kaur, the elder daughter of Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, will join her mother in campaigning next month.