Meet Harsimrat Badal: 3-time MP and the only Badal contesting elections this time
Constituency — Bathinda, Punjab
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She is the wife of SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and she entered politics in 2009. (File)MP profile
Three-time MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal (57) is the sitting MP of Bathinda. Even though SAD announced her name as the candidate again from Bathinda on April 21, she was in the field much before that. She is the wife of SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and she entered politics in 2009. A former Union minister, Harsimrat has claimed that she has been present in the constituency for the past 15 years.
“I am always there to be the voice of the masses while seasonal frogs show up only during election time,” she said referring to her three victories in the 2009, 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections against different candidates of the Congress. While in 2009, she triumphed over former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh’s son Raninder Singh by a margin of over 1 lakh votes, she defeated her brother-in-law Manpreet Singh Badal five years later. In 2019, she emerged victorious against current Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring.
She remained a union minister of Food processing from 2014-2019 and further from June, 2019- September, 2020. She resigned from the union cabinet after NDA has brought farm bills in the parliament.
Any private member bill
None
Accessibility of MP
The MP has been very accessible in the area and regularly visited the people and attended all events.
Constituency profile
Bathinda has the historic Qila Mubarak which is considered as the oldest surviving fort in the country. Razia Sultana was imprisoned here. Takht Damdama Sahib – one of the five takhts of temporal authority of Sikhism exists in Talwandi Sabo constituency of Bathinda.
The constituency is in the South-West Punjab and is considered as cotton belt of the region. However over the years now farmers are shifting to paddy in many locations.
The area is an epicentre of farmer unions as unions like BKU Ugrahan, BKU Dakaunda, BKU Rajewal etc are very active in this region. This constituency has AIIMS in Bathinda city, Central University, Bathinda refinery, National fertilizers limited, government owners Lehra Mohabbat thermal power plant, private thermal at Talwandi Sabo etc.
Slain singer Sidhu Moosewala’s native village Moosa is also in this Lok Sabha constituency. The region suffers from water logging and salinity of underground water due to which people here are dependent on canal water for drinking and agriculture purposes. The area is also prone to flooding.
Candidates in fray
While the SAD has fielded Harsimrat Badal, Congress has fielded Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu. BJP has given ticket to Parampal Kaur Sidhu, AAP has fielded Gurmeet Singh Khudian and Lakha Sidhana is SAD (Amritsar) candidate.
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