Amritsar: In the Punjab assembly elections so far, it seemed that political stalwarts like UP did not want to take any risk. Political heavyweights are avoiding coming face to face against each other. But the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has played a big game by fielding former minister Bikram Singh Majithia against Congress state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu from Amritsar east seat. In such a situation, it has now become interesting to see if Sidhu will be able to escape from this trap.
In the last assembly elections, apart from Captain Amarinder Singh and Bhagwant Mann, many veteran leaders had entered the election against the Badal family. In such a situation, one had to face defeat due to the face-to-face of two veteran leaders and he could not reach the assembly. In such a situation, it was believed that there will not be such a political game in this election, but the Akali Dal has made the contest high profile by contesting against Sidhu against its strong candidate.
The political rivalry between Bikram Singh Majithia and Navjot Singh Sidhu is evident. There is an old rivalry between the two leaders. When Sidhu was in the BJP, he had opened a front against sad leader Bikram Majithia and used to raise questions every day. It is believed that it was due to sad's displeasure that the BJP did not give a Lok Sabha ticket to Navjot Singh Sidhu from Amritsar in 2014.
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