Hot seat: All eyes on Amritsar East where Navjot Sidhu and Bikram Majithia in close contest

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 18

Till the last day of campaigning, there is a close contest in Amritsar’s Central and West constituencies whereas in North, East and South no indication of absolute wave in favour of any political party.

However, all eyes are on Amritsar East where Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia is contesting, but there are interesting triangular fights in Amritsar North and South.

Though the supporters of the Aam Adami Party are vocal about their opinion in South constituency, the SAD and the Congress has strong cadre in the constituency. Congress candidate Inderbir Singh Bolaria is struggling to repeat his victory but this time it would be not be that easy. SAD’s Talbir Singh Gill gained a good support and it would not be surprising if he perform better than Bolaria. AAP’s Inderbir Singh Nijjar is also in the race and residents are expecting that he may get more votes than previous elections.

Meanwhile, voters in North constituency are silent about their choice. The sitting MLA, Sunil Dutti, got a setback with Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu joining the Aam Aadmi Party. AAP candidate Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh is getting a good response in the poll meetings, but SAD-BSP candidate Anil Joshi has a strong bond with the voters. Political experts in the area claim that the North constituency may witness a fight between SAD’s Joshi and AAP’s Kunwar Vijay Partap.

“There is no wave of any political party in the city till the end of campaign. Out of five, two seats are with the Congress, where other parties failed to provide strong candidates. While there is a strong fight between the SAD and the Congress on two constituencies. Only one constituency will witness a triangular fight where AAP is also in the scene,” said Kuljit Singh, a political expert.

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