While Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) nominees Bibi Kiranjot Kaur and Rajinder Singh Mehta demonstrated their numbers in Amritsar,cabinet minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan did so in GUrdaspur.

Moreover,former SGPC acting president Alwindrepal Singh Pakoke led around 500-odd supporters in a procession at Tarn Taran to file his papers.

Draped in a ‘siropa’,sitting SGPC member Mehta, contesting from Amritsar Central, made his way to the Zila Parishad office on tractor to file his nomination papers. Passing through the bazaars of the holy city,he paid obeisance at Gurudwara Shaheeda.

Traffic had to be halted at several places to let the VIP motorcade to pass. Kiranjot Kaur,contesting from Amritsar West, after paying obeisance at Gurudwara Pipli Sahib, preferred an AC car to go to the Excise and Taxation office. Followed by a line up of vehicles, her supporters included quite a few women.

Besides paying obeisance at the gurudwara, Kiranjot, a two-time SGPC member, said,”I am grateful that SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has shown faith in me and given me another opportunity to serve the panth.”

 

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