Punjab: Congress Campaign reaching crescendo, crowding out all other rivals
Thursday, February 02, 2017
Punjab Congress launched its
"2/3 Bahumat (do tihaai bahumat or two-thirds majority)" campaign on
Wednesday.
It took out bike rallies,
roadshows, conducted door-to-door exercise, mega rallies, street plays and
padyatras. Around 13,000 bikers raced around the state with Congress flag on
their bikes.
That apart, 400 dholwalas and
1500 volunteers on ground were involved in door-to-door engagement. Around 500
nukkad plays and sabhas were also conducted.
While Punjab Congress president
Capt Amarinder Singh held public meetings in Muktsar, Faridkot and Jaito,
Navjot Singh Sidhu held rallies in Bhadaur, Rampura Phool Bhucho Mandi,
Sardulgarh and Malout.
Capt Amarinder Singh
told IndiaToday confidently, predicting a Congress comeback in Punjab. "We
will get two-thirds of the seats," he claimed also prophesying that both
Aam Admi Party (AAP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party
alliance would "fall, struggling for breath, by the kerbside"
The Congress' star
campaigners, Amarinder and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, are spending
the final leg of the poll campaign concentrating on the electorally significant
Malwa region, where the AAP contesting on several seats.
Congress' campaign
in these elections has been completely centered around Amarinder Singh with a
central tagline: 'Chahunda hai Punjab, Capt di Sarkar (What Punjab wants is a
government led by Captain).'
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