Sangrur Verdict: Simranjit Singh Mann vows to take up people’s cause

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, June 26

Newly-elected Sangrur MP and SAD (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann has vowed to raise the issues of his constituency and Punjab in Parliament and ensure welfare of residents.

Mandate against main parties

Sangrur residents have rejected all main parties. Politics will change and like in the past, I will keep striving hard for the welfare of residents. Simranjit Singh Mann, SAD (A) President

“Sangrur residents have voted for me and rejected all main parties. Politics will change and like in the past, I will keep striving hard for the welfare of residents. I will raise the issues of Punjab and Sangrur in Parliament,” said Mann after collecting the certificate of victory from Returning Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal at the Dhuri counting centre in Sangrur district.

Reacting to the neck-and-neck contest against AAP nominee Gurmail Singh, Mann said: “I have dismantled the AAP fortress because voters were fed up with the policies of state government.”

“The credit goes to slain singer Sidhu Moosewala and others who have laid down their lives for Sikh Panth,” he said, adding the ban on Moosewala’s new song was not right.

He alleged the BJP had been attempting to divide the country on caste lines. “But residents are well aware of the divisive politics of the BJP. This has reflected in the results, as people have elected me as their representative in Parliament,” said Mann. Asked about the issues he was looking to raise in Parliament, Mann said he would take up all matters concerning residents.

SAD (A) takes 4 of 9 Assembly seats

• Of the nine Assembly segments that fall in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, AAP’s Gurmail Singh led in five, SAD (A)’s Simranjit Mann in the remaining four
• In Bhadaur, from where AAP candidate Labh Singh Ugoke had defeated former CM Charanjit singh Channi, Mann secured 27,628 votes, while AAP got 20,503
• In the Muslim majority town of Malerkotla, Mann got 30,503 against Gurmail’s 22,402. In Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer’s constituency Barnala, SAD (A) got 25,722 votes, while AAP 23,427
• The following is the breakup of the votes polled in the nine Assembly segments

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