Parneet Kaur files nomination

Earlier, Parneet Kaur, while addressing the rally, said people should exercise their right to vote judiciously because their vote would ultimately decide the future of the nation. Lashing out at the BJP government, she said it had failed on all accounts as no community was happy with its rule. On the occasion, senior political leader Satpal Kapoor left the Shriomani Akali Dal to join the Congress.

Maninderjit Singh Bitta, Amarjeet Kaur, Lal Singh, Bhagwan Dass Arora and Chaudhary Jagjit Singh were also present on the occasion. The rally was attended by people from Patiala as well as the nearby villages. However, most of the dissident Congress leaders stayed away from the rally. They are reported to have held a conclave at the residence of dissident leader Rajinder Pal Atri to chalk out their strategy for the coming elections. Even former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal made it to the DC office at the time of filing of nomination papers.