CHANDIGARH: With an election in the nearing, Congress leaders have begun to make provisions to secure their constituencies. As the polls lay eight months away, some MLAs have already engaged private agencies to survey how well they are placed in their seats, while others have launched mass contact programmes. The move comes after Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh announced that candidates will be selected on winnability.
Congress MLA Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa who has settled down in Fatehgarh Churian said, “I have been in constant touch with my constituency but people expect more of their MLA, especially an Opposition MLA. I am staying put here, attending functions and meeting people.” Dera Baba Nanak MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa shifted base from Chandigarh to his constituency. “I have locked my house in Mohali and will stay put in my village. It's not that I have not kept in touch with the constituency, but we need to be present there 24*7.”
Among those who have stepped up their game, are former Congress Legislature Party leader Sunil Jakhar in Abohar, former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, MLAs O P Soni and Gurkirat Singh Kotli, and former MLAs Harminder Gill and Sarabjit Singh Rintu, as well as unsuccessful candidates from the last election, such as Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa, brother of former Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa.
