Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Want place in people’s hearts, not house in Gurdaspur: Jakhar

- HTC and PTI letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

GURDASPUR/PATHANKOT : Striking an emotional chord with the electorate here, Congress candidate for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said he wanted a place in the hearts of people rather than a house in the constituen­cy.

On the second day of his campaignin­g, the Congress candidate held a series of meetings with party workers atSuj an pur,B ho a, Gurdaspur and Fatehgarh Churian and also inaugurate­d election offices. “I am touched and overwhelme­d by the love and affection you have showered on me,” Jakhar said while addressing a gathering.

He accused the BJP government at the Centre of adopting “anti-people policies” and pushing people into a“state of regression ”.“Demo net is at ion and G ST have broken the backbone of the common people while the spiralling prices of essential commoditie­s, including diesel, pet roland L PG, continue cause unbearable suffering to them, he said.

Jakhar also rubbished the Aam Aadmi Party’s claims that he was an “outsider”. “Vinod

Khanna, the former MP, whose death has necessitat­ed this by-election, wasalsoan outsider, as was Captain Am arin der Singh when he defeated A ru nJ a it le yin the Amritsar parliament­ary con-

stituency,” said Jakhar.

“Six months is not a long period to judge anybody’s performanc­e and that too when we have to clean the 10-year mess of the SAD-BJP rule,” he said.

 ??  ?? Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar during his election campaign in Pathankot on Sunday. HT PHOTO
Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar during his election campaign in Pathankot on Sunday. HT PHOTO

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