"On one hand, it is Congress, but on the other hand, all others and even if they all come together they cannot match us," he told the media here.

Scores of Congress workers welcomed the state Congress leader on the red carpet as he reached Ludhiana for the first time after his name was approved as a candidate.

Waring, a three-time MLA from Gidderbaha, is again pitted against Congress rebel and BJP's Ravneet Singh Bittu, the grandson of three-time MP and former chief minister Beant Singh, who was killed in a terrorist attack while in office in 1995. Was murdered in.

As Waring entered the city, he was welcomed by senior party leaders including Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Rakesh Pandey, Captain Sandeep Sandhu, Surinder Dawar, Sanja Talwar, Kuldeep Singh Vaid and Ishwarjot Singh Cheema.

Confident workers said it was a great privilege to have the state unit president as their candidate from Ludhiana to contest against Bittu, who has betrayed the party by joining the BJP. He said that Bittu has not only betrayed the party but also lakhs of party workers who voted for him in both the 2014 and 2019 elections.

Waring said he was touched by the love and affection shown by the party workers on his first day in Ludhiana.

He said, "I feel extremely grateful and overwhelmed by the love you have given me."

He said that party workers will take this fight to its logical conclusion.

Interestingly, both Waring and Bittu were handpicked by party leader Rahu Gandhi when they started their careers in the Youth Congress. The state's ruling AAP has fielded Ashok Parashar Pappi, while Shiromani Akali Dal candidate is Ranjit Singh Dhillon.

Voting will be held on June 1 for all the 13 parliamentary seats of Punjab.