Bathinda: Shiromani Akali Dal MP and candidate from Bathinda Lok Sabha seat, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, on Thursday exuded full confidence in winning the general elections from Bathinda seat with a larger margin as compared to the previous elections. Harsimrat Kaur Badal has won the Bathinda seat 3 times in row and now she is eying fourth term from the Lok Sabha seat.
Hitting out at the opposition, Harsimrat said that the people are disappointed with Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), adding that in the last seven years they have made promises but never fulfilled them.
“In the last 7 years, Congress and the AAP alliance have made promises but never fulfilled them. People are disappointed with this alliance. During the Akali Dal government, they were getting the benefits of schemes. Now, people are feeling cheated,” she said.
“AAP was formed two years ago. The people have seen Congress and the AAP. The BJP is not even getting the chance to campaign in the villages. I am sure that I will get more votes than the last time,” the SAD leader added.
Highlighting the work done by the SAD government, Harsimrat said, “When I became an MP, I worked for development. However, in the past 7 years under the government of the AAP and Congress alliance, they have not even put a brick anywhere. We made AIIMS, however; they are taking pride in opening Mohalla clinics.”
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier expressed confidence in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) winning all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and claimed that people are agitated with the BJP “due to rising prices and unemployment.”
The Batlle in Punjab is four cornered. Both AAP and Congress are part of the INDIA bloc but have no alliance in Punjab. SAD and BJP are also contesting alone on all 13 seats of the state.