Navjot Sidhu Versus Akali Dal’s Bikram Majithia In Punjab’s Amritsar East Seat

New Delhi:

Congress’s Navjot Sidhu, who campaigned tirelessly for the arrest of Akali Dal chief Bikram Majithia in medication case, shall be up in opposition to him in a face to face contest within the meeting elections due subsequent month. The Akali Dal introduced right this moment that it’s pitching the previous minister from Amritsar (East) meeting seat, from the place the state Congress chief is contesting.

Mr Sidhu is the sitting MLA from Amritsar East, a seat he received comfortably in 2017 with no massive face contesting in opposition to him.

This could be the second seat Bikram Majithia shall be contesting. He had received the 2012 and 2017 meeting elections from Majithia, an meeting phase in Amritsar, seen as his “secure seat”.

In December,  Mr Majithia, 46, was booked in a medication case and later obtained anticipatory bail from the Excessive Courtroom. He’s at the moment being investigated by a Particular Investigation Staff.

Mr Sidhu, who had declared that “he wouldn’t relaxation” until Mr Majithia is arrested, is but to answer the announcement by Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal.

In contrast to the 2017 elections, this would be the solely seat within the state that can witness a high-profile contest. Me Sidhu’s different massive adversary — former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, whose Punjab Lok Congress is in alliance with the BJP, is contesting from Patiala City.

In 2017, former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh unsuccessfully contested in opposition to his predecessor Parkash Singh Badal from his stronghold Lambi constituency.

Sukhbir Badal had additionally efficiently contested in opposition to AAP’s Bhagwant Mann and Congress’s Ravneet Bittu from Jalalabad seat in Fazilka district.