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The Tribune PUNJAB POLLS 2012 SPECIAL

THE TRIBUNE, BATHINDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012

ATTARI (SC) B BABA BAKALA (SC) BALACHAUR BALLUANA (SC) Voters: 1.4 lakh, Present MLA: Gulzar Singh Ranike (SAD) Voters: 1.53 lakh, Present MLA: None (new constituency) Voters: 1.29 lakh, Present MLA: Ch Nand Lal (SAD) Voters: 1.56 lakh, Present MLA: Gurtej Singh Ghuriana (SAD) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Gulzar Singh Ranike (54) Tarsem Singh Guljar Singh Khasa Ranjit Singh Chhajalwadi (65) Manjeet Singh Manna (38) Ch Nand Lal (65) Rajwinder Singh Lucky (32) Ram Krishan Kataria (70) Giri Raj Rajora (55) Gurtej Singh Ghuriana (60) Parkash Singh Bhatti (51) 'Literate' Congress Sanjha Congress SAD Under-matric LLB BA, LLB B.Com, LLB BA, B.Ed; Congress rebel SAD Assets: Morcha Assets: `3.35 crore Assets: `29 lakh SAD Congress Independent Congress BA, LLB Assets: ` 14.5 lakh Assets: `1.74 crore Assets: A former MLA, he was Sitting Akali MLA from Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Rs SAD Won for Cong in 2002. `5.93 crore Ex-DC, `16.27 lakh earlier associated with Khadoor Sahib, now `1.53 crore `13.11 lakh `91.70 lakh 32.62 lakh Assets: Ramesh Megh (32) Animal Husbandry Minis- Customs. Contested Was earlier associated with the SAD. shifted to Baba Bakala. Is Chief Parliamentary Sec- Former DYC president, Got elected as Congress Quit as GM, PSIEC, in 2008 ` 11.91 lakh Senior Sec.; PPP ter at present; close to CM. unsuccessfully from the Congress. retary; won consecutively contesting the first time. MLA in 1985, lost in 2002. to join Congress. Father Won in 1997, 2007; Assets: Rs 3.52 lakh Khadoor Sahib. in 1997, 2002 and 2007 was Malout MLA. inducted as CPS last year. Joined politics last year. KEY ISSUES: Development of border areas; better transport; drugs. KEY ISSUES: Civic amenities, sewerage, poor roads and infrastructure. KEY ISSUES: Completion of Kandi Canal; bad shape of roads. KEY ISSUES: No relief for crops hit by hailstorm, drain water.

BANGA BARNALA BASSI PATHANA (RESERVED) BATALA Voters: 1.4 lakh, Present MLA: Ch Mohan Lal (SAD) Voters: 1.46 lakh, Present MLA: Kewal Singh Dhillon (Cong) Voters: 1.29 lakh,Present MLA: None (new constituency) Votes: 1.4 lakh, Present MLA: Jagdeesh Raj Sahni (BJP) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Ch Mohan Lal (44) Tarlochan Singh Soondh (57) Rajinder Singh (44) Kewal Singh Dhillon (62) Malkiat S Keetu (62) Kulwant S Lohgarh (47) Harbans Kaur Dullo (58) Justice Nirmal Singh (64) Mohinder Pal (56) L.S. Lodhinangal (61) Ashwani Sekhri: (53) MA MA 10+2 BA-I No education Under-matric Postgraduate Graduate Under-matric Graduate Law postgraduate SAD Congress BSP Congress SAD PPP Congress SAD PPP SAD Congress Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: `12.39 lakh Assets: `47.42 lakh `93lakh `3.42 crore `44 lakh `76.50 crore `3.40 crore `3.48 crore `4.20 crore `2.47 crore `66.7 lakh Batala Improvement The ex-minister is a son Son of ex-minister Ch Son of ex-Cong minister Ch In politics since 20 years; Won from Barnala in 1997 Sarpanch of Lohgarh 2003-08; Was Chief Parliamentary A retired judge from the Municipal councillor in Trust ex-chief. Post-delimitation, of former MLA Vishwa Mittar Sekhri. Swarna Ram. Elected from Jagat Ram Soondh. Won in vice-president of PPCC as Ind; in 2002 on SAD now Zila Parishad member. Secretary in Congress gov- J&K High Court Khanna shifted from Qadian. Banga in 1997 and 2007. 2002. ticket. ernment. KEY ISSUES: Upgrade of town as sub-division announced, but awaited. KEY ISSUES: Under-bridge on Dhanaula road; upgrade of civil hospital KEY ISSUES: A neglected town, thus basic amenities primary concern. KEY ISSUES: Incentives for sagging industry.

BATHINDA RURAL (RESERVED) BATHINDA URBAN BHADAUR (SC) BAGHAPURANA Voters: 1.37 lakh, Present MLA: None (new constituency) Voters: 1.85 lakh, Present MLA: Harminder Singh Jassi (Cong) Voters: 1.34 lakh, Present MLA: Balbir Singh Ghunas (SAD) Voters: 1.52 lakh, Present MLA: Darshan Singh Brar (Congress) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Darshan S Kotfatta (60) Makhan Singh (60) Surjeet Singh Sohi (56) Sarup Chand Singla (51) Harminder S Jassi (57) Sukhdeep S Bhinder (56) Darbara Singh Guru (59) Mohammad Sadique (72) Khushia Singh (66) Darshan Singh Brar (63) Maheshinder Singh (55) MA LLB LLB 10th fail BA LLB; MA MSc 'Primary' Uneducated Class IX BA SAD Congress CPI SAD Congress PPP SAD Congress CPI Congress SAD Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: `55 lakh `71 lakh `31 lakh `6.2 crore `5.2 crore `3.2 crore `1.40 crore `39 lakh `8 lakh `1.9 crore `9.5 crore Lost to Congress candidate Large portion of his Pacca Sincere CPI worker, who In past five years, has Daughter married to Sirsa Manpreet Badal loyalist, Joined politics recently; Active in the Congress for Lost in 1997 as Ind, and in Dynamic leader, but uses rough lan- Started with Cong; joined SAD a few Makhan Singh in 2007. Kalan constituency now in has lost assembly polls become face of SAD in Dera chief Gurmeet Ram resigned as AAG to contest was Principal Secretary more than 20 years. 2007 as CPI candidate. guage; ex-minister of state. years back; lost twice. Bathinda Rural. twice. Bathinda. Rahim's son. poll. to CM KEY ISSUES: Cancer-afflicted belt in need of government health care. KEY ISSUES: Sewerage; demand for government cancer hospital KEY ISSUES: Non-completion of sewerage laying; no govt college KEY ISSUES: Sewerage; government college; drinking water; health care.

BHOA (RESERVED) BHOLATH BHUCHO MANDI (RESERVED) BUDHLADA (SC) Voters: 1.41 lakh, Present MLA: Bishambar Dass (BJP) Voters: 1.12 lakh, Present MLA: Sukhpal Khaira (Cong) Voters: 1.59 lakh, Sitting MLA: None (New constituency) Voters: 1.63 lakh, Present MLA: Mangat Rai Bansal (Cong) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Balbir Fatehpuri (52) Seema Devi (33) Bibi Jagir Kaur (57) Sukhpal Khaira (47) Gurpreet Singh Nadala (52) Ajaib Singh Bhatti (60) Pritam Singh (45) Harvinder Singh Laddi (46) Satpal Singh (29) Chatin Singh (70) Ranjit Kaur (47) Graduate) Under-matriculate BA BEd Graduate BA LLB B Ed, MA Under-matric MA BA Under-matric Primary Congress BJP SAD Congress PPP Congress Assets: PPP Congress SAD PPP Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: `21 lakh Assets Assets: Assets: Assets: `2.11 crore `2.81 lakh `13.5 crore `57 crore `9.3 crore `2.15 crore SAD ` 25.7 lakh `17 lakh ` 4.7 lakh `4 lakh Hails from Kathua (J&K); facing Political greenhorn; also facing Former SGPC chief; won in Lost in 1997 and 2002, Sitting MLA from Nathana, A progressive dairy farmer A former bank employee. Contesting first time, Has been sarpanch four Sarpanch of Joian village dissent within Cong. rebellion from sitting MLA. 1997 and 2002, lost in won in 2007. Bhatti was a PCS officer. since 2003. youngest candidate in fray. times, and MP once. in Mansa; wife of a police 2007. officer. KEY ISSUES: Roads; encroachments; lack of hospitals. KEY ISSUES: Slow speed of laying sewer lines. KEY ISSUES: Lack of drinking water; inadequate sewerage KEY ISSUES: Incomplete sewerage and road projects; demand for medical facilities

C CHABBEWAL (SC) CHAMKAUR SAHIB (SC) D DAKHA DASUYA Voters : 1.35 lakh, Present MLA: None (new constituency) Voters: 1.65 lakh, Present MLA: (Ind) Voters: 1.56 lakh, Present MLA: Darshan Singh Shivalik Voters: 1.6 lakh Present MLA: Amarjit Singh Sahi MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Dr Raj Kumar (43) Sohan Singh Thandal (58) Charanjit Singh Channi (48) Jagmeet Kaur (42) Gurpreet Singh (43) Manpreet Singh Ayali (37) Jasbir Singh Khangura (48) Daljit S Sadarpura (38) Romesh Chander Dogra (73) Amarjit Singh Sahi (55) MBBS, MD BA Graduate Post graduate LJP Undergraduate BA Undergraduate B Sc BA Congress SAD Congress SAD Assets: SAD Congress PPP Congress BJP Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: `21.55 lakh Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: `6.4 crore Assets: `7.8 crore `8.5 crore `1.3 crore `10.45 crore `12.50 lakh Was interest- `16 crore `32.4 crore `2.14 crore Has won in this con- Won last assembly poll Social worker; contesting for the Won in Mahilpur constituency twice. Supported SAD after last Daughter-in-law of former ed in the Congress ticket. Ex-sarpanch; in 2008, elected Former NRI; won Kila Organising International Dairy stituency thrice. on BJP ticket; was made CPS. first time. polls; later came close to Akali MLA Satwant Kaur. chairman, Zila Parishad. Raipur seat in 2007.Owner Expo since six years; popular Capt . of five-star hotel. among dairy farmers. KEY ISSUES: Development; jobs. KEY ISSUES: Constituency was considered a stronghold of the Akalis till last time. KEY ISSUES: Development of villages in the constituency. KEY ISSUES: Sanitation; development.

DERA BABA NANAK DERA BASSI DHARAMKOT DHURI Voters: 1.58 lakh, Present MLA: None (New constituency) Voters: 1.61 lakh, Present MLA: Jasjit Singh (SAD) Voters: 1.58 lakh, Present MLA: Sheetal Singh (SAD) Voters: `1.38 lakh, Present MLA: Iqbal Singh Jhoonda (SAD) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS S.S. Randhawa (53) Sucha Singh Langah (59) NK Sharma (42) Jasjit Singh (64) Bhagwant S Baltana (65) Jathedar Tota Singh (70) Sukhjit Singh Kaka (56) Kuldip Singh Dhose (64) Arvind Khanna (44) Gobind Singh Longowal (54) Gaganjit Singh Barnala (50) Graduate Matriculate Graduate Graduate Graduate, PPP FA Matriculate Higher sec. Graduate Graduate Graduate Congress SAD SAD Congress Assets: `3.37 crore SAD Congress PPP Congress SAD PPP Assets: `21 lakh Assets: `11.44 lakh Assets: Assets: Was in Congress before Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Has remained minister in Present Agriculture `5.8 crore `7.28 crore joining the PPP. `9.35 crore `3.18 crore `1.75 crore `46 crore `3.13 crore `12 crore Amarinder government. Minister. Nurturing son Sonu Langah Said to be close to Deputy Sitting MLA from Dipinder Singh Dhillon (49) Elected in 1997 and 2002 from Denied SGPC ticket by Was powerful Akali leader, Close to Capt Amarinder Has clean image; known Using Barnala legacy; in for future. CM . Ghanaur; has been Cong rebel; Assets: `6 crore Moga; Case of corruption in SAD, yet won. but left for PPP, as Tota Singh; runs an NGO for for simplicity. contest for survival minister. Has been advocate general. 'recruitment scam' pending. Singh was SAD candidate. women. KEY ISSUES: Drugs; lack of jobs. KEY ISSUES: Poor infrastructure; industrial pollution; drinking water and traffic chaos. KEY ISSUES: Flood management; better health care; govt college, RO-purified water. KEY ISSUES: Drainage and village ponds.

DINANAGAR DIRBA (SC) F FARIDKOT FATEHGARH CHURIAN Present MLA: Sita Ram Kashyap, Main contestants Voters: 1.55 lakh, Present MLA: Surjit Singh Dhiman (Cong) Voters: 1.29 lakh, Present MLA: Avtar Singh Brar (Cong) Votes: 1.57 lakh, Present MLA: Nirmal Singh Kalhon (SAD) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Aruna Chowdhury (54) B.D. Dhuppar (64) Balbir Singh Ghunnas (54) Ajaib Singh Rataul (57) Rann Singh (46) Avtar Singh Brar, (74) Deep Malhotra (56) Bhupinder Singh (42) Nirmal Singh Kahlon (75) Tript Rajinder Bajwa (68) Post-graduate Post-graduate Under-matric- Matriculate Matriculate JBT BA-I 10+2 Law graduate Graduate Congress BJP ulate Congress Sanjha Morcha Congress SAD Sanjha Morcha SAD Congress Assets: `25.35 lakh Assets: `31 lakh SAD Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: ` 21.77 lakh Assets: ` 5.84 crore Was elected in 2002; A fresh face; backed by Assets: `37 lakh `52 lakh `3.35 crore `36 crore `48 lakh Speaker of Punjab Was CPS in Amarinder daughter-in-law of former MLA Jai Muni. influential realtor Manjit Dala. `1.14 crore Close to Capt Amarinder Not a prominent public Three-time MLA, former Political greenhorn, known Was telephone operator with Assembly; politically nurturing son government and chief of PPCB. Recently elected to the Singh. figure. education minister. for liquor business and former Akali MLA Ravi Kiran. SGPC. hotels. Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon. KEY ISSUES: Lack of industry and job opportunities. KEY ISSUES: Poor infrastructure; industrial pollution; drinking water and traffic chaos. KEY ISSUES: Poor quality of drinking water. KEY ISSUE: Rural development.

FATEHGARH SAHIB FAZILKA FEROZEPUR CITY FEROZEPUR RURAL (SC) Voters: 1.31 lakh, Present MLA: Didar Singh Bhatti (SAD, now in PPP) Voters: 1.46 lakh, Present MLA: Surjit Kumar Jyani (BJP) Voters: 1.61, Present MLA: Sukhpal Singh Nannu (BJP) Voters: 1.54 lakh, Present MLA: None (new constituency) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Prem S Chandumajra (62) Kuljit Singh Nagra (46) Didar Singh Bhatti (59) Surjit Kumar Jyani (56) Dr Mohinder Kumar (58) Mohan S Phallianwala (51) Sukhpal Singh Nannu (47) Parminder Singh Pinki (52) Ravinder Singh Sandhu (55) Joginder Singh (50) Satkar Kaur (32) Hansa Singh (61) Post-graduate Professional Law graduate, PPP Class IX MBBS Giani BA Graduate Matriculate Under-matric- Under-matric- Under-matricu- SAD graduate Assets: ` 7.28 crore BJP Congress BSP BJP Congress Independent ulate ulate late Assets: Congress One-time MLA. Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: SAD Congress PPP `8.86 crore Assets: Simranjeet S Mann (66) `1.7 crore `6 crore ` 2.6 crore ` 31.17 crore `7.37 crore `3.38 crore Assets: Assets: Assets: Former MP and present `4 crore BA Honours, SAD (A) Present Transport and Has been MLA twice from Has been MP twice from Two-time MLA; inherited Contesting the first time, The ex-MLA is a Congress ` 2.10 crore ` 12.42 lakh `23.49 Lakh general secretary of SAD. Former PU student leader and Assets: Rs 35.96 crore Technical Education Fazilka; ex-Parliamentary Ferozepur -1992 and 1996. political legacy of father facing strife within party. rebel with considerable Close to Irrigation Minister The Youth Congress worker From Rai Sikh community, gen secy, National Youth Congress. Is president of his party. Minister. Secretary. Girdhara Singh clout. Janmeja Singh Sekhon. is a political greenhorn. raising border farmers' issues. KEY ISSUES: Poor infrastructure; industrial pollution; drinking water and traffic chaos. KEY ISSUES: Demand for industry incentives; relief for fields across border fence. KEY ISSUES: Re-opening of Hussainiwala border for trade; new government college. KEY ISSUES: Rural constituency needs industry for jobs; drinking water; roads.

G GARHSHANKAR GHANAUR GIDDERBAHA GILL (SC) Voters: 1.5 lakh, Present MLA : Lov Kumar Goldy (Cong) Voters: 1.37 lakh, Present MLA: Madal Lal Jalalpur (Cong) Voters: 1.38 lakh, Present MLA: Manpreet Singh Badal (Quit SAD) VOTERS: 1.79 lakh, Present MLA: None (new constituency) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Lov Kumar Goldy (40) Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan (57) Madan Lal Jalalpur (52) Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpur (53) Balwinder Singh Saifdipur (52) Manpreet S Badal (49) Amarinder S Warring "Raja" (33) Sant Singh Brar (70) Darshan Singh Shivalik (56) Malkiat Singh Dakha (62) Manjit Singh (34) LLB Matriculate Under-matric- Undergraduate Graduate LLB; Bar at Graduate LLB Matriculate Matric BSc Congress SAD ulate SAD Independent (Akali rebel) Law Congress SAD SAD Congress Sanjha Assets: `10 crore Assets : `4.5 crore Congress Assets: Assets: PPP Assets: Assets: ` 4.27 Assets: Assets: Morcha Has won the seat twice. District SAD president; Assets: ` 2 crore ` 20 lakh Assets: `4 crore crore `1.4 crore `1.4 crore New entrant in politics; lost as Independent in 2002. ` 4.5 crore Wife of former Punjab minis- Has been vice-president of SAD. `23.07 crore General secretary, All-India Joined SAD after the Con- Has been MLA. Was minister in Beant close to Manpreet Badal. Won last election as Independent, ter Ajaib Singh Denied ticket, he turned rebel. Four-time MLA, ex-Finance Youth Congress. Hand- gress refused the ticket. Singh government. then joined the Congress. Mukhmailpur. Minister; PPP chief. picked by Rahul Gandhi. KEY ISSUES: SAD-BJP candidates pushing development; Congress highlighting "corruption". KEY ISSUES: Floods caused by the Ghaggar. KEY ISSUES: Railway under-bridge; water-logging. KEY ISSUES: Rift amongst parties; poor drainage, roads.

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