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Samrala assembly seat of Ludhiana district is in the headlines these days. The reason for this is veteran farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal. Rajewal, who successfully spearheaded the farmers’ movement, is fighting a light election battle. Rajewal’s road to victory is not looking easy. He is facing not one or two, but 4 parties and the sitting MLA who is contesting as an independent.
While there is uncertainty about Rajewal’s base in the city, he is facing a challenge from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the villages. The edge is far from over, he is stuck in a tough competition here. Voters are also silent. In such a situation, this seat with multi-cornerfight can give a shocking decision on March 10.
Together in the movement, but a different path in politics
There was a 13-month agitation on the Singhu border of Delhi in protest against the 3 agricultural reform laws of the Central Government. Then every farmer of the village was with him. Everyone’s path is different in politics. The farmers of the village are not happy with Balbir Rajewal’s decision to contest the elections. He believes that farmers should have kept an eye on the government only by becoming a pressure group. As a political party, farmers are giving preference to AAP over Samyukta Samaj Morcha (SSM).
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Aam Aadmi Party has given ticket to Jagtar Singh Dayalpura here against farmer leader Balbir Rajewal. Congress has fielded Rupinder Singh Raja Gill, son of former minister Karm Singh. Akali Dal has given ticket to Paramjit Singh Dhillon. Four-time MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon is contesting as an independent this time when the ticket was cut from the Congress. The latest situation in Samrala is that everyone is in the fight. On the other hand, the BJP-Captain and SAD joint alliance has given ticket to Ranjit Singh Gehlewal. In 2012, he got 11 thousand votes by contesting as an independent.
Rural mood of Samrala seat…
Samrala seat has two towns, Samrala and Machiwada. Apart from this there are 208 villages. Urban votes are around 40 thousand in a seat with 1.76 lakh voters. Here the decision of victory or defeat will be from the villages itself, so the focus of all the parties is in the villages. Where Aam Aadmi Party, Congress, Akali Dal and Rajewal are getting support. To some extent, independent American Dhillon is also infiltrating villages through his supporters Panch-Sarpanch.
…an interesting coincidence of this seat
Amrik Dhillon, who is contesting as an independent after not getting a ticket from Congress, and Akali candidate Paramjit Dhillon are close relatives. Paramjit Dhillon is the grandson of Sewa Singh, the real brother of MLA Amrik Dhillon. In such a situation, this seat is also in discussion about the political war with the opposing parties.
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