Poll buzz: Balbir Sidhu visits Mohali villages

Mohali: Balbir Singh Sidhu, Congress candidate from the Mohali Assembly constituency, made a whirlwind tour of Jhiurheri, Bakarpur, Safipur, Nadhiali, Alipur, Kandala, Dharamgarh, Roorka, Chachumajra, Paapri, Kambala and Kambali villages here on Tuesday. He also inaugurated his election office at Bakarpur. Jaspal Singh, former sarpanch of Alipur, left the SAD and joined the Congress. He announced to mobilise people in favour of Sidhu and the party in the upcoming elections. Jaspal said he was impressed with the all-around development carried out by Sidhu in the constituency. So, he decided to join him and the party for the betterment of the area. Addressing election meetings, Balbir Sidhu said: “I am seeking votes from people on the basis of development works done by me.” TNS

Kulwant intensifies campaign

Mohali: Kulwant Singh, former Mayor and AAP candidate from the Mohali Assembly constituency, has been intensifying his election campaign and reaching out to people through door-to-door campaign. On Tuesday, he campaigned at Patton village. Sukhjit Singh, Harjit Singh, Satnam Singh, Rajveer Singh, Sukhjinderpal Singh and Karnail Singh from Bari village along with Harnek Singh, Bittu Sharma, Satish Kumar and Roshan Khan from Jhiurheri village joined the AAP. TNS

‘Special care of poor taken during Akali tenure’

Mohali: SAD-BSP candidate Parvinder Singh Sohana and his supporters launched a door-to-door campaign in the city on Tuesday and reached out to voters personally. According to Sohana, the campaign is launched to create awareness about the future programmes of the party by reaching out to the locals. Sohana is also holding private meetings at various places to meet the people. During a visit to Shaheed Udham Singh Colony and Guru Nanak Amar Colony, Parvinder said special care of the poor was taken during the tenure of the Akali government. It would again be repeated, if the party formed the government in the state.