KULBIR SINGH ZIRA (CONG), 36, ZIRA

He got the ticket from Zira after 17 long years. The win, he says, is a fruit of sheer hard work. “All those leaders who were connected to their constituencies won,” says Zira, who has hit the ground running, and has already moved the office of deputy superintendent of police back to the city of Zira from the outskirts, besides sending out a stern warning to drug sellers and users.

SECRET SAUCE

Hard work and accessibility. “I am always there for people. Even after my win, I haven’t had time to spend a night in Chandigarh because of pending work here.”

ROAD AHEAD

Zira says his top priority in the assembly will be to focus on the incidents of sacrilege, and bring to book the culprits. Eager to revamp education in government schools, he says, “I will give them all the resources and then personally ensure they deliver.”

A degree college for women, and a bus stand at Makhu are the other must-haves on his list.

BY THE WAY

Calls Gurdwara Baba Budha Sahib his real home; heads there before and after any important event in his life.

This was the victory of an individual