Punjab, the land of five rivers, has fixed its date with the political stalwarts of the Indian politics. Right from NDA’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the Congress national president Sonia Gandhi, her vice-president son Rahul Gandhi would be descending in the State this week to address various rallies in favour of their candidates.
Already, Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi’s former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has campaigned for the party candidates in his three-day State visit.
While Gujarat Chief Minister Modi will address four rallies in a single day on April 25, Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address one in ludhiana on April 24, and another one in Bathinda later on.
As the BJP has confirmed Modi’s political meetings in Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Amritsar on April 25, Rahul’s Bathinda rally is yet to be finalised.Similarly, Sonia Gandhi’s rally on April 26 in Sangrur parliamentary seat is yet to get the green signal owing to technical hiccups — unavailability of venue to conduct the rally.Congress sitting MP and candidate from Sangrur Vijay Inder Singla has reportedly failed to get the permission to hold UPA chief’s rally in Barnala grain market.
Sources informed that some officers in Barnala has refused to give permission saying that there is no space in the grain market because of ongoing wheat procurement — to which Singla’s supporters have alleged as “discrimination” by the State Government.
Turning up the heat, besides the political heavyweights, the film stars are also all set to woo voters in the last leg of campaigning in the State.Film stars like Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Hema Malini, Sonakshi Sinha, Akshay Khanna, Rahul Khanna, Kirron Kher, Anupam Kher, and Rabbi Shergill will be in the state to add glamour to the high voltage campaigning.
While brother-duo Akshay and Rahul will canvass for their father, SAD-BJP candidate from Gurdaspur Vinod Khanna, who has been pitted against Congress state chief and siting MP Partap Singh Bajwa; Sunny Deol is expected to campaign in favour of Akali-BJP combine.
Renowned singer, Rabbi Shergill, will canvass for the Aam Aadmi Party candidates.
Already, celebrities, right from sports to Bollywood, are descending on this land to canvass for the candidates. Shatrughan ‘Shotgun’ Sinha, ace cricketer Gautam Gambhir, former spinner Bishen Singh Bedi, actor-turned-AAP Chandigarh candidate Gul Panag, actor Suniel Shetty, among many others have campaigned for various candidates.