BATHINDA: From being reluctant to enter politics when she first fought a Lok Sabha election in 2009 to now when she is heading a Union ministry, Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal (52) has had a meteoric rise in 10 years — perhaps as a result of her better half's father is fivetime CM Parkash Singh Badal.
While many would possibly cite Harsimrat’s family for her fast ascent, she has been instrumental in ensuring an AIIMS sanatorium is announced for her constituency, even supposing the BJP MP from Hoshiarpur, Vijay Sampla, have been looking to get the undertaking for his seat. Though PM Narendra Modi laid the undertaking’s basis stone in November 2016, ahead of the 2017 assembly polls, the Union minister has been saying it's been behind schedule via 21 months because the Congress executive in Punjab does no longer need her to take credit score for the undertaking.
Pitch-forked in the poll fray in 2009, when seven of 10 applicants of SAD lost, Harsimrat beat CM Amarinder Singh’s son Raninder via 1.2L votes that yr. Though she is in search of a third time period from Bathinda this time, Harsimrat would possibly just face tricky pageant.
Her victory margin— in spite of the Modi wave— fell to only 19,395 in 2014. This could worsen now as the SAD-BJP executive at the Centre is fighting anti-incumbency and the Modi factor has decreased. Also, Harsimrat has discovered it tricky to control her seat ever since the Congress came to power in Punjab in 2017. When the SAD-BJP alliance was once in power, the minister used to hold sangat darshans (public meetings) with all 3 district administrations at her disposal.
But issues have modified now.
She has said her husband’s estranged cousin, finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, blocked the construction of AIIMS. She has additionally been at loggerheads with native executive minister Navjot Singh Sidhu.
The change in power in Punjab would possibly just be a precursor to a metamorphosis in fortunes in Bathina.
While many would possibly cite Harsimrat’s family for her fast ascent, she has been instrumental in ensuring an AIIMS sanatorium is announced for her constituency, even supposing the BJP MP from Hoshiarpur, Vijay Sampla, have been looking to get the undertaking for his seat. Though PM Narendra Modi laid the undertaking’s basis stone in November 2016, ahead of the 2017 assembly polls, the Union minister has been saying it's been behind schedule via 21 months because the Congress executive in Punjab does no longer need her to take credit score for the undertaking.
Pitch-forked in the poll fray in 2009, when seven of 10 applicants of SAD lost, Harsimrat beat CM Amarinder Singh’s son Raninder via 1.2L votes that yr. Though she is in search of a third time period from Bathinda this time, Harsimrat would possibly just face tricky pageant.
Her victory margin— in spite of the Modi wave— fell to only 19,395 in 2014. This could worsen now as the SAD-BJP executive at the Centre is fighting anti-incumbency and the Modi factor has decreased. Also, Harsimrat has discovered it tricky to control her seat ever since the Congress came to power in Punjab in 2017. When the SAD-BJP alliance was once in power, the minister used to hold sangat darshans (public meetings) with all 3 district administrations at her disposal.
But issues have modified now.
She has said her husband’s estranged cousin, finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, blocked the construction of AIIMS. She has additionally been at loggerheads with native executive minister Navjot Singh Sidhu.
The change in power in Punjab would possibly just be a precursor to a metamorphosis in fortunes in Bathina.
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