Manpreet seeks votes in his old constituency Gidderbaha

Manpreet seeks votes in his old constituency Gidderbaha 

Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Muktsar, March 31
PPP chief Manpreet Singh Badal today for the first time shared stage with the Congress leaders in Gidderbaha assembly constituency — from where he was elected four times as MLA on the SAD ticket but lost the last elections on the PPP ticket — seeking votes for Joginder Singh Punjgraian, Congress candidate from Faridkot parliamentary constituency.

Addressing the public in a joint meeting organised by the Congress and PPP, Manpreet trained guns on his uncle, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, saying, “He (Parkash Singh Badal) often says that Manpreet could not become loyal to his uncle and how can he become loyal to public of Punjab. I ask him the same, the uncle who could not become loyal to his nephew, how can he become loyal to the public?”

Manpreet said he left the SAD for its “wrongdoings” and proved that he did not love any post but wanted to work for public welfare.

Manpreet’s father Gurdas Singh Badal was also present in the meeting.

Punjgraian said, “The SAD-BJP leaders fear the Congress-PPP alliance. It is the right time to teach them a lesson.” He assured them of all possible development of the area after getting elected as the MP.

Senior leaders of the Congress, including its district chief Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, Gursant Brar and Harcharan Singh Sotha, were present in the meeting.

As the Congress and PPP have come to a poll pact, first-time Congress MLA from Gidderbaha Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today addressed the Congress workers, saying, “The vendetta cases against Congress workers in this area were registered at the behest of Manpreet’s supporters, not by Manpreet himself, who are still in the SAD.”

Earlier, the Congress leaders had been accusing Manpreet of committing atrocities on them.

Even Capt Amarinder Singh had, as state Congress president, during his visit to Malout town during assembly elections accused Manpreet and his relatives of registering vendetta cases against Congress workers in Gidderbaha.