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Capt Kanwaljit Singh's son gets Akali ticket
WSN Network

CHANDIGARH: After much suspense and keeping him hanging, the Akali Dal finally declared Jasjit Singh Bunny, son of late Capt Kanwaljit Singh, as the party candidate for the August 13 Banur byelection.

Sukhbir Singh Badal, the Akali Dal president, will be himself contesting from Jalalabad while Sewa Singh Sekhwan will be fighting from Kahnuwan seat.

The Banur bypoll was necessitated by the death in a road accident of four-time MLA Capt Kanwaljit Singh. Bunny would face Deepinder Singh Dhillon of the Congress, a first-timer and close associate of Union Minister and Patiala MP Preneet Kaur.

The Akali Dal wanted to give the ticket to Bunny's mother Sarabjeet Kaur but the family insisted on the ticket to Bunny. It was this insistence that delayed the nomination.

The Badals were unhappy with Bunny as he had let them down during the bhog of his father when he had announced his intention to fight against Akali candidate for Lok Sabha Prem Singh Chandumajra. Bunny later did a U-turn but somehow never found that level of acceptance again.

15 July  2009
 

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