BATHINDA
In December last year, Sukhbir had stated that he would contest the 2027 Punjab assembly elections from the Gidderbaha constituency, hinting at shifting from his long-held seat of Jalalabad. The party leadership claimed that issues of drug abuse and unemployment were among the key issues highlighted by the rural population falling under the Gidderbaha assembly segment. Sukhbir also addressed people at two different places on the occasion, where he recalled his family’s decades-old connection with Gidddarbaha. “The visit brought back old memories associated with my father, the late Parkash Singh Badal, who had started his political innings from this constituency.
Calling it the ‘Punjab Bachao’ campaign, Sukhbir said the people told him that they wanted an end to the drug menace which was destroying families. Badal saa’b had told me to take responsibility for the development of Gidderbaha after him and I am committed to it,” he said. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday launched his party’s door-to-door campaign by visiting various houses in Doda village his home district of Muktsar to elicit suggestions for the party’s election manifesto which he assured would reflect the people’s voice.
