This soft-spoken and aristocratic diplomat redefined India-US relations before entering politics.
Sandhu is the third high-profile person from Amritsar, after late Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Union Minister Hardeep Puri, to try his luck from this Lok Sabha seat.
There is a four-cornered contest on the Amritsar seat between the candidates of Congress, ruling AAP, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Outgoing MP Gurjit Singh Aujla
2023 security breach
-Moves as Congress candidate after two consecutive wins.
As a BJP candidate, Amritsar, a constituency dominated by the Jat community, was represented by cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu from 2004 to 2014.Sidhu, after disappearing from the political scene, is now in Congress.
After seeing the humiliating defeat of its high-profile candidate Arun Jaitley in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Hardeep Puri, a Sikh but non-Jat, was the second BJP leader to lose a seat at the peak of the 'Modi wave'.
Puri faced a tough fight and lost to Aujla by 99,626 votes. "This time it is a fight for prestige, not just to break the winning streak on the Amritsar seat since 2014," a local BJP leader told IANS. But also to ensure victory by a record margin."
He believes the PM Modi factor is the main advantage for Sandhu, a turban-wearing Sikh, who is also courting urban Hindu voters.The walled city of Amritsar, which is the center of several Sikh organisations, including the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhism, and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), considered a mini-parliament for Sikh religious affairs, was established in the 16th by Guru Ramdas, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs at the turn of the century. While AAP has fielded its cabinet minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, the Akal Dal has put its faith in prominent Hindu face Anil Joshi, who has twice fielded the saffron party candidate He had represented the Amritsar (North) assembly constituency as a minister and believes that his achievements as a minister. Ahead of Aujla's achievements in Akali-BJP government
Joshi was expelled by the BJP for six years in July 2021 for criticizing the state and central leadership for mishandling the farm agitation.
In his election campaigns, BJP candidate Sandhu, who believes that PM Modi's leadership has huge support for the progress and development of 'Developed Amritsar', focused on improving infrastructure, employment and law enforcement, especially medicine. While emphasizing his vision for Amritsar. -Prevention.“We have immense potential to leverage our medical expertise and develop Amritsar as a hub of healthcare tourism,” he said.
During the election campaign, Sandhu had lunch with a Dalit family to feel the pulse of the economically backward people. After inquiring about the problems related to hydro-electricity and sewage system, he assured the head of the family, an elderly woman, that he would come again after his victory and enjoy the meal sitting on the floor in the same manner.
32 per cent of the Scheduled Caste population lives in Punjab, the highest among all states. Responding to Abu Dhabi-based Lulu Group International's announcement of launching a logistics and food processing center in Amritsar, Sandhu, who believes That PM Modi's confidence boosts his determination, said the establishment of the center will help promote the vision of 'Vikit Amritsar'.He said, “I have worked with Prime Minister Modi for 10 years and our country has prospered. The objective of his foreign policies and investments in India was development. Now our children are getting jobs in India. We have not brought the same vision of development to Amritsar.
He said the sitting MP has not done anything concrete for the local industry in the last 10 years, highlighting his inability to get central schemes for Amritsar."I am committed to addressing every issue raised by them (constituents)," he said.
Sandhu, who believes in serving with honesty and transparency, has a plethora of ideas to further transform the holy city into infrastructure development, generating employment and a harmonious environment.
The former diplomat's 'Develop Amritsar' vision includes the creation of Amritsar's traditional corridor with options for agricultural development and sustainability, and the potential for international access. He also believes that the Modi government has made significant progress in supporting and upliftment of the Sikh community, development Significant progress has been made in promoting and honoring their contribution to the nation.
During the election campaign, the former Ambassador of India to the US visited Ajnala and Attari, where he promised to bring a special development package for the improvement of border areas and work towards development in the education, agriculture, healthcare and infrastructure sectors. Highlighted his approach to.Hearing complaints from local traders wanting to resume trade with Pakistan through the Integrated Check Post (ICP), Sandhu said he would make efforts to revive trade through the Attari-Wagah border. Also promised to bring a special package to make Indore clean and beautiful on the lines of Indore.
Even sitting Congress MP Aujla and SAD have demanded opening of trade through ICP.
Sandhu, the second diplomat-turned-politician after Hardeep Puri to face defeat from the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat in 2019 after Arun Jaitley's defeat in 2014, has a rich family legacy.Sandhu's grandfather Teja Singh Samundri of the SGPC He was among the founders and his father Bishan Singh Samudri was the founding Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nana Dev University in Amritsar.Two-time Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had won the seat by defeating Jaitley by a margin of over one lakh votes. At that time he was in Congress and the Akali-BJP alliance was in power in the state. He is currently in BJP.
Captain Singh stepped down as Amritsar MP ahead of the assembly elections in 2017 and Aujal was fielded by the Congress for the by-election, which he won by over 1.97 lakh votes, defeating BJP and AAP candidates in a triangular fight.Amritsar There is a Sikh-majority constituency with more than 60 per cent voters. Since 1952, Amritsar has been represented by Congress MPs 12 times, while BJP candidates have represented it four times, including Navjot Sidhu's three consecutive wins.Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency has nine assembly constituencies. Eight of them are represented by AAP and one, Majitha, is represented by Akal Dal.
Voting for 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab is to be held in a single phase on June 1. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.(Vishal Gulati can be contacted at [email protected])
Sandhu is the third high-profile person from Amritsar, after late Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Union Minister Hardeep Puri, to try his luck from this Lok Sabha seat.
There is a four-cornered contest on the Amritsar seat between the candidates of Congress, ruling AAP, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Outgoing MP Gurjit Singh Aujla
2023 security breach
-Moves as Congress candidate after two consecutive wins.
As a BJP candidate, Amritsar, a constituency dominated by the Jat community, was represented by cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu from 2004 to 2014.Sidhu, after disappearing from the political scene, is now in Congress.
After seeing the humiliating defeat of its high-profile candidate Arun Jaitley in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Hardeep Puri, a Sikh but non-Jat, was the second BJP leader to lose a seat at the peak of the 'Modi wave'.
Puri faced a tough fight and lost to Aujla by 99,626 votes. "This time it is a fight for prestige, not just to break the winning streak on the Amritsar seat since 2014," a local BJP leader told IANS. But also to ensure victory by a record margin."
He believes the PM Modi factor is the main advantage for Sandhu, a turban-wearing Sikh, who is also courting urban Hindu voters.The walled city of Amritsar, which is the center of several Sikh organisations, including the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhism, and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), considered a mini-parliament for Sikh religious affairs, was established in the 16th by Guru Ramdas, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs at the turn of the century. While AAP has fielded its cabinet minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, the Akal Dal has put its faith in prominent Hindu face Anil Joshi, who has twice fielded the saffron party candidate He had represented the Amritsar (North) assembly constituency as a minister and believes that his achievements as a minister. Ahead of Aujla's achievements in Akali-BJP government
Joshi was expelled by the BJP for six years in July 2021 for criticizing the state and central leadership for mishandling the farm agitation.
In his election campaigns, BJP candidate Sandhu, who believes that PM Modi's leadership has huge support for the progress and development of 'Developed Amritsar', focused on improving infrastructure, employment and law enforcement, especially medicine. While emphasizing his vision for Amritsar. -Prevention.“We have immense potential to leverage our medical expertise and develop Amritsar as a hub of healthcare tourism,” he said.
During the election campaign, Sandhu had lunch with a Dalit family to feel the pulse of the economically backward people. After inquiring about the problems related to hydro-electricity and sewage system, he assured the head of the family, an elderly woman, that he would come again after his victory and enjoy the meal sitting on the floor in the same manner.
32 per cent of the Scheduled Caste population lives in Punjab, the highest among all states. Responding to Abu Dhabi-based Lulu Group International's announcement of launching a logistics and food processing center in Amritsar, Sandhu, who believes That PM Modi's confidence boosts his determination, said the establishment of the center will help promote the vision of 'Vikit Amritsar'.He said, “I have worked with Prime Minister Modi for 10 years and our country has prospered. The objective of his foreign policies and investments in India was development. Now our children are getting jobs in India. We have not brought the same vision of development to Amritsar.
He said the sitting MP has not done anything concrete for the local industry in the last 10 years, highlighting his inability to get central schemes for Amritsar."I am committed to addressing every issue raised by them (constituents)," he said.
Sandhu, who believes in serving with honesty and transparency, has a plethora of ideas to further transform the holy city into infrastructure development, generating employment and a harmonious environment.
The former diplomat's 'Develop Amritsar' vision includes the creation of Amritsar's traditional corridor with options for agricultural development and sustainability, and the potential for international access. He also believes that the Modi government has made significant progress in supporting and upliftment of the Sikh community, development Significant progress has been made in promoting and honoring their contribution to the nation.
During the election campaign, the former Ambassador of India to the US visited Ajnala and Attari, where he promised to bring a special development package for the improvement of border areas and work towards development in the education, agriculture, healthcare and infrastructure sectors. Highlighted his approach to.Hearing complaints from local traders wanting to resume trade with Pakistan through the Integrated Check Post (ICP), Sandhu said he would make efforts to revive trade through the Attari-Wagah border. Also promised to bring a special package to make Indore clean and beautiful on the lines of Indore.
Even sitting Congress MP Aujla and SAD have demanded opening of trade through ICP.
Sandhu, the second diplomat-turned-politician after Hardeep Puri to face defeat from the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat in 2019 after Arun Jaitley's defeat in 2014, has a rich family legacy.Sandhu's grandfather Teja Singh Samundri of the SGPC He was among the founders and his father Bishan Singh Samudri was the founding Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nana Dev University in Amritsar.Two-time Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had won the seat by defeating Jaitley by a margin of over one lakh votes. At that time he was in Congress and the Akali-BJP alliance was in power in the state. He is currently in BJP.
Captain Singh stepped down as Amritsar MP ahead of the assembly elections in 2017 and Aujal was fielded by the Congress for the by-election, which he won by over 1.97 lakh votes, defeating BJP and AAP candidates in a triangular fight.Amritsar There is a Sikh-majority constituency with more than 60 per cent voters. Since 1952, Amritsar has been represented by Congress MPs 12 times, while BJP candidates have represented it four times, including Navjot Sidhu's three consecutive wins.Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency has nine assembly constituencies. Eight of them are represented by AAP and one, Majitha, is represented by Akal Dal.
Voting for 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab is to be held in a single phase on June 1. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.(Vishal Gulati can be contacted at [email protected])
