Harsimrat Kaur Badal today filed her nomination papers from the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat in yet another bid to reach Parliament from this constituency.Harsimrat Kaur Badal flanked by party patron and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, party president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, Rajaya Sabha Member Mr. Balwinder Singh Bhunder and lawyer Harpreet Singh Brar filed the nomination paper to Additional Deputy Commissioner Mr. Rajiv Prashar at 11.15 am. Mr. Bikram Singh Majithia filed papers as the covering candidate.Later speaking to the media Chief Minister Mr. Badal expressed confidence that Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal would win this seat with a margin more than previous one. He said that Shiromani Akali Dal and Bhartiya Janta Party alliance was contesting these elections on Development agenda.
He said that Manpreet has lost his credibility thus he was no challenge for the party.Interacting with the media Akali Dal president Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal said that if the love and affection people of the constituency were showing during election campaign of Mrs. Badal was any indicator, Manpreet should think of quitting the electoral battle. He said that party would win this seat by margin maximum in India. He said that SAD-BJP combination was all set to win all the 13 seats in Punjab to expose the real base of Congress in the state.Thanking the supporters for their support, love and affection Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that the love of people of this constituency would ensure her record victory. She said that people of this region consider her as their own family member and would completely reject any defunct leader of a defunct party who was repeatedly changing his stands for his political survival. She said that she has been contesting this election on development agenda and she would continue to work for eradication of social malice's like female foeticide, drug addiction and dowry from the society besides continuing her campaign for empowerment of women.Earlier in the day, Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal accompanied by Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Mr. Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Mr. Balwinder Singh Bhunder, Mr. Sikander Singh Maluka, Mr. Jeetmohinder Sidhu, her daughter Harkirat Kaur, Gurleen Kaur and son Anantbir Singh paid obeisance at Takht Sri Damdama Sahib.