The keenly watched electoral contest between Congress’s Navjot Singh Sidhu and Shiromani Akali Dal’s Bikram Singh Majithia in Amritsar (East) constituency in the coming Assembly election looks all set to go down the wire as the constituency is witnessing a multi-cornered fight.
The constituency’s electoral battle came to the limelight after Mr. Majithia, a former Minister, announced to take on Mr. Sidhu and decided not to contest from his home constituency – Majitha. Both have been exchanging sharp words on public platforms against each other, especially on the drugs menace that had plagued Punjab for years.
Mr. Sidhu is currently the MLA from the constituency, which in 2017 he won by a margin of over 40,000 votes. While he could be seen facing a stiff challenge from Mr. Majithia, the other key candidates - Aam Aadmi Party’s Jeevanjot Kaur and BJP’s former IAS officer Jagmohan Singh Raju are also well within the race.
