Punjab Poll Diary: Manpreet and his OG Jacket

There are very few people who do not know about Finance Minister Manpreet Badal’s passion for Jeep, the older the better. He prefers the typical soldier that even men in olives don’t use anymore. Lately, he has become fond of olive green jackets. Be it door-to-door campaigning, meetings or late night dinners with party workers, Manpreet stands out with his camouflage or OG jacket. The eye-catching activists in this constituency say they have all shades of olive green. Hmm, a stark contrast to the last election when for some reason he only wore a jacket on day one, leading many to wonder if it was his lucky talisman.

Rahul and numbers game

Congress is freaking out Rahul GandhiThe first virtual rally in Jalandhar on Thursday. While some are claiming that the party put up 100 screens in the first few minutes and garnered 50,000 spectators, others are citing much larger numbers. A handle retweeted by Punjab Congress congratulated party in-charge of Punjab Harish Choudhary for garnering a record 9 lakh viewers. With more virtual rallies this week, the numbers game is sure to go up and away.

Kabaddi does it for you

You definitely believe in candidates who can flex their muscles. This is the reason why party workers are shouting about the candidate of their choice in Ghanaur. He claims that AAP candidate Gurlal Ghanaur is the tallest international kabaddi player to have won gold in four World Cups. Known as the best raider of Kabaddi, he left the post of ASI, Punjab Police to join AAP. The party is clearly impressed by his height and girth. Gentlemen, who feel that they are not getting time to pump iron, are engaged in crunching the abs. As soon as he sees a senior, he dives down, all over his 6 ft. There are certainly some benefits to preaching.

bye, bye corona, hello hugs

There is no corona in Punjab. As soon as the elections were announced in the state, it shunned itself and fled. And as the polling date draws closer, all those habitual worries have cleared their doubts. Which explains why no one in the state wears a mask. Congress candidate Gurkeerat Kotli’s wife Gurpreet Kaur, who has been campaigning door-to-door in her constituency Khanna, finds herself being warmly embraced by women without masks. Human touch triumphs in hot villages of Punjab social distancing, forget about living together coronaviruswe are best friends with this.

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