By Deepkamal Kaur
Falling along the Sutlej, Phillaur is one of the rural Assembly constituencies of Jalandhar district. The seat is currently represented by Akali Dal MLA. The seat has been shuffling between the SAD and Congress for the past four decades. A reserved constituency, it has a sizable presence of the Dalit community. The multi-cornered contest this time makes the politics on the seat quite interesting. Here are the main candidates from the seat:
Principal Prem Kumar
Party: Aam Aadmi Party
Age: 60 years
Qualification: MA, M.Ed, NIS Sports
Background: He served as a lecturer and Principal in government schools of Phillaur and Jalandhar from 1992-2015. He served as District Education Officer, Jalandhar, from 2015-18. A trained weightlifter, he has set up an academy in Phillaur, where he is residing since 1994. Having joined AAP since his retirement, he has worked for the party’s intellectual wing too.
Priorities:
1. Providing bus stand in Phillaur, Goraya
2. Ensuring staff in govt schools
3. ROB on Goraya railway track
Ajay Phillaur
Party: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha
Age: 32 years
Qualification: LLM
Priorities:
1. Bringing in industry for more employment
2. Setting up a medical college in Phillaur
3. Campaign against drug abuse
Vikramjit Chaudhary
Party: Indian National Congress
Age: 44
Qualification: Graduate
Priorities:
1. Setting up multi-specialty hospital
2. Setting up hockey stadium in Lasara village
3. Setting up a government college
Baldev Khaira
Party: Shiromani Akali Dal
Age: 42
Qualification: Graduate
Priorities:
1. To focus on small scale industry for women
2. Mini-secretariat in Phillaur
3. Construction of railway overbridges, school, hospital
Sarwan S Phillaur
Party: SAD (Sanyukt) (yet to be formally announced)
Age: 74 years
Qualification: Graduate
Priorities:
1. To control law and order problem
2. To put an end to commission system in govt departments
3. To improve health facilities
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