By-elections are going to be held soon in Ludhiana, Punjab. Before this, the Congress in-charge Bhupesh Baghel is coming to Chandigarh today to teach the lesson of unity to the Congressmen. Today, discussions will also be held on how to win the by-elections. Congress will formulate a strategy at the state level regarding the by-elections.
On the other hand, if Aam Aadmi Party had given ticket to his wife after the death of former MLA late Gurpreet Bassi Gogi, then AAP could have got the consolation vote bank, but now Ashu is trying to pull the consolation vote bank because he himself was a senior leader in Congress before joining AAP. Now Ashu’s eye is on Gogi’s Congress vote bank.
Congress candidate in Halka Paschimi is Bharat Bhushan Ashu, but till now both the leaders have not been seen together on a public platform during the election campaign. There is also a discussion in political circles that Ashu did not openly support Warring in the Lok Sabha elections, due to which he did not get votes in the city, but Raja won due to the votes cast in rural areas. Similarly, warringis also maintaining distance from Halka Paschimi.
Ashu seems to be getting the support of former CM Charanjit Singh Channi, Jalandhar MLA Pragat Singh and other state leaders.