Sahnewal constituency: From international cricket stadium to airport, AAP Punjab candidate promises moon

The manifesto also promises that “efforts will be made to restart the domestic airport lying dysfunctional at Sahnewal and to upgrade it to an international one.”

Written by Divya Goyal

Ludhiana | Updated: January 12, 2017 12:50 PM IST

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From an international cricket stadium to an airport — one of the youngest candidates in fray this Punjab polls has promised moon to the residents of Sahnewal, a rural constituency in Ludhiana. A 25-year-old law graduate, Harjot Singh Bains is one of the youngest Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates pitted against SAD minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon from Sahnewal.

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Releasing the manifesto for Sahnewal Tuesday in the presence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Bains in his document titled ‘Saade Supneeyan Da Sahnewal’ (Sahnewal of our Dreams) has listed 21 promises. The document promises an international cricket stadium which will be the pride of Ludhiana.

The manifesto also promises that “efforts will be made to restart the domestic airport lying dysfunctional at Sahnewal and to upgrade it to an international one.” For farmers, Bains promised a food processing park in Mattewara and a farmers’ training centre.

Then there is a promise to open an international sports academy in memory of Master Karamjit Singh Grewal, a known football coach from Sahnewal who passed away which as per manifesto will ‘train sports persons for Olympics including hockey, swimming, boxing, badminton, shooting, gymnastics etc’.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Bains when asked about international cricket stadium said, “The only one we have in Punjab right now is in Mohali. This second international cricket stadium will be in Sahnewal and pride of Ludhiana. It is my aim for my constituency.”

“We have clarified in manifesto that efforts will be made for international airport as it is under central government,” said Bains.

Divya Goyal

Divya Goyal is a Principal Correspondent with The Indian Express, based in Punjab. Her interest lies in exploring both news and feature stories, with an effort to reflect human interest at the heart of each piece. She writes on gender issues, education, politics, Sikh diaspora, heritage, the Partition among other subjects. She has also extensively covered issues of minority communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She also explores the legacy of India's partition and distinct stories from both West and East Punjab. She is a gold medalist from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, the most revered government institute for media studies in India, from where she pursued English Journalism (Print). Her research work on “Role of micro-blogging platform Twitter in content generation in newspapers” had won accolades at IIMC. She had started her career in print journalism with Hindustan Times before switching to The Indian Express in 2012. Her investigative report in 2019 on gender disparity while treating women drug addicts in Punjab won her the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2020. She won another Laadli for her ground report on the struggle of two girls who ride a boat to reach their school in the border village of Punjab. ... Read More

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