BALJINDER KAUR (AAP), 31, TALWANDI SABO

She was a schoolgirl when she decided to become a politician. “The how and why didn’t bother me, nor the fact that there was no politician in my family,” says Baljinder. She was teaching English in a college at Fatehgarh Sahib when the AAP jumped into the fray during the Lok Sabha polls. Baljinder not only campaigned for the party but also built up its women’s wing. The win from Talwandi Sabo was the final icing on the cake.

SECRET SAUCE

The people power. “I love going from door to door, it energises me,” says Baljinder, who claims she fought very clean polls without liquor or money.

ROAD AHEAD

Baljinder says she will use her time in the assembly to voice the hopes of the common man so that the government can fulfil them. “People of Talwandi Sabo have reposed tremendous faith in me. I can’t let them down.”

BY THE WAY

Enjoys performing giddha and singing Punjabi ‘boliyaan’, is very good at basketball too.

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