Chandigarh, June 13: To ensure a thumping triumph and broke party’s previous victory margin, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has deployed six Cabinet Ministers to campaign for its candidate Gurmail Singh from Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll on Monday.
The Cabinet ministers including Brahma Shankar Jimpa at Sangrur assembly constituency, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal at Dhuri, Gurmit Singh Meet Hayer in constituency Barnala, Harpal Singh Cheema from assembly constituency Dirba, Harbhajan Singh ETO at Malerkotla, Dr Baljeet Kaur at Bhadaur and Laljit Singh Bhullar at Lehra have launched campaigning for the party candidate today.
Candidate Gurmail Singh is seeking vote on the name of the development works and pro-people initiatives taken by the Chief Minister-Bhagwant Mann-led government in almost three months.
Earlier, the AAP MLAs have also started canvassing in favour of its candidate from the constituency, which is a strong hold of AAP since 2014.
AAP candidate along with different MLAs held door to door meeting with supporters and also addressed ‘nukad meetings’ in villages and towns in the constituency on Monday.
The AAP candidate along with MLAs including Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy, Jagroop Singh Gill, Harmeet Singh PathanMajra, Gurmeet Singh Khudia, Fauja Singh Sarari, Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar, Davinderjit Singh Laddi, Aman Arora and Tarunpreet Singh Sond campaigned in the constituency.
The incumbent Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had remained a two-time member parliamentary from this seat in 2014 and 2019. This seat fell vacant after Mann, resigned as MP following his triumph from the Dhuri constituency in the state assembly elections.
AAP’s candidate Gurmail is connected to his roots and has been working diligently for the welfare of Sangrur residents for the past many years. He is a post-graduate in maths and has also done MBA. Before entering politics as full-time politician, he was a teacher and taught children at various schools till 2018.
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