Winners celebrate their win after civic body poll results

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, February 18

The victorious candidates of nagar council Patti and nagar panchayat Bhikhiwind elections celebrated their win with pomp and show on Wednesday evening.

The candidates remained under mental stress since the announcement of the civic body elections. There was a long queue for Congress ticket seekers comparison to SAD, AAP, BJP, BSP and the other parties’ candidates. This time it was looking easy for ruling party candidate to win the poll. It was the first time that votes were counted three days after the polling.

Former MLA the SAD leader Virsa Singh Valtoha said that he convened a meeting of all candidates from 13 wards of Bhikhiwind, including two winner candidates, after the results were declared. The former MLA said that they had chalked out a plan for the 2022 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections. He said the irregularities committed by the ruling Congress were discussed in the meeting. Valtoha said the winners paid obeisance at gurdwaras. The SAD had won 2 wards in the 13 member Bhikhiwind nagar panchayat.

The AAP too could not open its account in this border township. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Jasbir Singh Sursingh, a senior leader of the party. He called upon party workers to ready for forthcoming Vidha Sabha election.

Billa Chopra, husband of Rekha Rani, who won from the Ward No. 13 in Bhikhiwind, said that the victory was celebrated with pomp and show. He said sweets were distributed among supporters and workers, followed by dinner. Drink was also served to the people, said Billa. He said it was clear that his wife Rekha Rani would be the party candidate for the post of nagar panchayat president.

The winners of nagar council, Patti, held a meeting with party MLA Harminder Singh Gill after the results. The aspirants for the post of president shared their views with the MLA.