‘EC has given freedom to contest from more seats’: SAD’s …

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu filed his nomination for the upcoming state election on Saturday.

Addressing the press after filing his nomination for the upcoming Punjab Assembly election in Amritsar on Saturday, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu challenged Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Majithia to leave Majitha constituency and contest the polls only from Amritsar East.

I challenge him to leave Majitha and fight from Amritsar East seat only. Why fight from two constituencies? he said.

Bikram Majithia has filed his nomination from both Amritsar East and Majitha constituencies. While Navjot Sidhu is the Amritsar East MLA and will be contesting the 2022 election from the same seat, Bikram Majithia is the current Majitha MLA.

Speaking exclusively to India Today, Bikram Majithia responded to Sidhus dare by saying he does not take his opponent seriously. The Election Commission has given me the freedom to contest from other constituencies, he said.

With the Amritsar East constituency becoming the site for a heated battle, both Bikram Majithia and Navjot Sidhu took to the streets on Saturday for door-to-door campaigning.

While Navjot Sidhu called Bikram Majithia a shady character who earned money through illegal means, Majithia said Sidhu was a characterless man and he did not need a character certificate from him.

Majithia added, A man who used to call Rahul Gandhi Pappu has now started calling him Papa. He used to call Sonia Munni. He claimed that Sidhu was unstable and would never be made Congress chief ministerial face.

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The Sidhu-Majithia war has been raging for a few days now. Bikram Majithia hit out at Navjot Sidhu after the latters sister accused him of abandoning her mother. Majithia said, "A person who cannot be good to his family cannot be good to anyone.

He also alleged that Sidhu and the Congress government implicated him in a false drugs case to prevent him from contesting the Punjab polls. Bikram Majithia is facing an FIR by Punjab Police in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) case. He was earlier granted interim bail by the high court on the condition of cooperating with the investigation.

Punjab will go to the polls in a single phase on February 20. The votes will be counted on March 10.

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