At Amarkot rally, Valtoha turns down Majithia’s request: ‘Will contest Khemkaran seat’
Turning down Majithia's request, Valtoha said, “No father dislikes seeing his son rise but I intend to contest the election myself.”
Flanked by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia, Valtoha was speaking at the second Akali Dal rally at Amarkot grain market Wednesday. Former MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha Wednesday said that he will contest the 2027 Assembly elections from Khemkaran seat.
Flanked by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia, Valtoha was speaking at the second Akali Dal rally at Amarkot grain market Wednesday.
His reaction comes as a response to Majithia’s remark, who had earlier urged Valtoha to field his son, Gaurav, from Khemkaran for the 2027 elections.
Turning down Majithia’s request, Valtoha said, “No father dislikes seeing his son rise but I intend to contest the election myself.”
To engage the crowd in his decision making, he asked them to raise party flags if they wanted him to contest or his son. He, however, got a rousing response to both.
Party sources said that though there is no doubt that the ticket for the seat will go to the Valtohas, it is still unclear if who among the father-son duo will contest.
Meanwhile, addressing the rally under the “Punjab Bachao, Sukhbir Singh Badal Lyao” campaign, Badal said pledged to stop Punjab’s waters from flowing into Rajasthan and Haryana once SAD forms government in 2027. He slammed the Congress for diverting half of Punjab’s river waters to other states.
He also vowed no compromise with Haryana on the SYL canal issue. He accused CM Bhagwant Mann of softening his stance due to Centre’s hold over files detailing Mann’s 2500-acre land purchase in Australia. “We will redirect Rajasthan Feeder Canal waters to Punjab fields,” Badal said.
He also promised to eradicate gangster culture and drug mafia by denying bail for 10 years and auctioning their properties. He warned against AAP’s alleged sale of prime land—34,000 acres in Ludhiana earlier blocked by SAD, now Mohali real estate at half rates to Delhi firms. SAD will cancel such deals and act against complicit officers, he said.
Urging Punjabis to end experiments with new parties, Badal invoked his father’s (Parkash Singh Badal) legacy. He said that the AAP has hollowed the state, with Mann reduced to a figurehead controlled by Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar. Badal cited Rs 75 crore paid by industrialist Rajinder Gupta and Rs 50 crore by Lovely Professional University owner Ashok Mittal for Rajya Sabha seats.
Majithia highlighted farmer distress and rising suicides at the rally.
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