Ludhiana is the seat in Punjab's Lok Sabha, which has turned into a battle for the prestige of the Congress leaders, and their only objective now is toKuchi vi ho je bittu ne jittan dena” (I will not let Bittu win no matter what).
Two of the most senior leaders of the Punjab Congress, Vidhan Sabha Partap Singh Bajwa and Punjab Congress President Amrinder Singh Raja Waring, are doing everything in their power to secure a 'turncoat' and are currently The People's Party's candidate Ravneet Singh Bittu has been sworn in. , did not win in the next Lok Sabha elections to be held on June 1.
The defection of Mr. Bittu, a three-time Congress MP and grandson of slain Punjab CM Beant Singh, from the Congress to the BJP came as a rude shock to the Congress, which had ousted Mr. Walling from the seat. Since 2009, the Ludhiana seat has been won by the Congress. In 2009, Manish Tewari won, followed by Bittu in 2014 and 2019.
From building a house in the city to playing cricket, feeding the cows, shaking a leg at religious programs and doing aerobics with morning walkers, Walling and Bajwa are known for their 'bittu' There is little left to teach the students a lesson, but there is less than a month left. vote. Mr Bittu, a former three-time Lok Sabha MP (twice from Ludhiana and once from Anandpur Sahib), declared Mr Waring an “outsider”. Mr. Bajwa announced on Sunday that he had accepted Mr. Bittu's challenge and shifted his base to Ludhiana until polls close on June 1. Bajwa said he had no intention of living in any hotel and had moved to an empty house belonging to an NRI friend. Walling wins and is staying in Ludhiana round the clock to ensure that “people like Bittu are taught much-needed lessons”.
Bajwa said: “I have taken up the challenge of shifting my base to Ludhiana. So here I am. I will now camp here and operate from Ludhiana. I promised to give Ludhiana such a candidate and now when my brother Waring competes, I will make sure he wins.”
Bajwa said it must be noted that Bittu had “properly shifted his base to Ludhiana as he challenged”.
“I don't live in a hotel. I went to a friend's empty house. Ludhiana is the center of Punjab and from here I go wherever I need to go. I will visit other constituencies. I go back to Ludhiana every night even if I have to.
Bajwa added that Bittu had a habit of not answering calls and ignoring workers. “Bitu was the one who conspired with CM Bhagwant Mann to have (Congress leader and former minister) Bharat Bhushan Ashu arrested in a fake corruption case. Bittu and Mann are very close friends,” Bajwa said. made the claim while speaking to the media on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Walling, a three-time MLA from Gidelbaha in Muktsar district and Ludhiana being a completely new constituency, stakes out residences of party workers and moves from place to place every night. One of his campaign managers said, “He's busy all day campaigning, and when he sleeps, he sleeps at the houses of block presidents and staff members. It also helps us strengthen ties with party workers.Our priority is to open an election office at a suitable location in Ludhiana.”
And there is little chance that Mr. Walling will lack interaction with voters. On Sunday, Walling did aerobics with morning walkers and played cricket in the mini rose garden. On Saturday, he encountered Bittu while campaigning at a religious program. As the evening took on a musical vibe, Bittu too was seen shaking a leg and dancing to religious hymns.
But it was Waring's sportsmanship that drew praise. The performers on stage began singing lyrics such as “Jo ram ko raye hain, hoon bhi unko rayenge” (I will take those who get the ram), and the audience heard Narendra – He remained calm and did not leave the program even though he started raising slogans in support of Prime Minister Modi and Punjab Congress leader Walling.
In his campaign speeches, Waring has appealed to the people of Ludhiana that they deserve government medical colleges and hospitals like PGIMER and AIIMS instead of depending on private institutions like DMCH and CMCH. He also told people that he would be “proud to elect an MP in Sabah who will raise the issue of Ludhiana”.