A day before the city goes to lok Sabha polls, the local unit of Congress issued a statement urging people to vote for Congress candidate and sitting MP Pawan Kumar Bansal
In a statement issued by Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) president BB Bahl and party spokesperson Pardeep Chhabra, they said Chandigarh people are aware of what Bansal has done for the city adding that candidates fielded by the BJP and the AAP were outsiders and in no way would even come close to the number of votes Bansal would fetch. The leaders said while Bansal has performed in the field of education and he would bring IIM and IIT to Chandigarh and would establish multi-institutional EduCity at Sarangpur institutional area. Bansal has also assured coming up with a planetarium in city.
BJP reaches out to voters through SMS
Chandigarh BJP sent bulk messages to the city residents on Wednesday urging them to vote for Modi in the elections. The party also reached out to the voters through social media. An SMS appeal made by Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon said, “Apse prarthna hai ki apna vote soch samajh kar Modi ji ke liye de. Vikas avashyak hai. Yeh desh ki zarurat hai.”
AAP’s appeal
The Aam Aadmi Party reached out to the voters through social media. The party on its Facebook page posted “Thank you for your support to Gul's campaign for Chandigarh. We want #Swaraj and we want#Change4Chandigarh. Support, vote and elect - Gulkirat Kaur Panag as your representative/ MP.”(sic)
Tweets
BJP’s Chandigarh candidate Kirron Kher on Wednesday posted “Good mor Chandigarh! This election is not about promises but about delivering. Promises have been made 4 the last 15yrs but nothing changed (sic).” Her husband Anupam Kher met family of late Jaspal Bhatti on Wednesday and posted a picture with the family on Twitter. He posted “Meeting Jaspal Bhatti Ji's family made me feel happy & sad both. He was a fine artiste & a great human being.:)”(sic)