Boost for Amrinder Raja Warring as Bains brothers join Congress

Chandigarh, May 12

In a boost for the Congress in Ludhiana, Simarjit Singh Bains and Balwinder Bains of the Lok Insaaf Party today joined the party in the presence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.

Both of them are former MLAs. While Simarjit had represented the Atam Nagar segment, Balwinder was an MLA from Ludhiana South.

Sources said talks were going on for the past few weeks to make the duo join the Congress as it would boost the prospects of the Congress candidate, Amrinder Raja Warring. He is pitched against BJP’s Ravneet Bittu, SAD’s Ranjit Singh Dhillon and AAP’s Ashok Parashar Pappi.

Sources said the Bains brothers had joined the party on the condition that they would be given the Congress ticket during the next Assembly elections.