Ahead of the elections, Nawan Punjab Party's candidate from Patiala, Dharamvira Gandhi got a setback as his party’s Patiala District President Manjit Kaur on Friday joined the Congress in the presence of Capt Amarinder Singh.
Congress Patiala candidate Preneet Kaur was also present on the occasion, which Chief Minister Capt Amarinder described as another sign of the overwhelming support for his party across Punjab, and the mood of the people in Patiala.
Confident of a clean sweep by the Congress under Mission13, the Chief Minister, who had been campaigning here for his wife Preneet for the last two days, said the development works done by his government would be a decisive factor in the polls, scheduled to be held on May 19. All other parties and political alliances, including SAD, AAP and Punjab Democratic Alliance, would be completely wiped out, he declared.