Preneet Kaur’s defeat could mean the end of Patiala’s royal era
Hindustan TimesThe disgruntled community of farmers is likely to have played a critical role in the defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Preneet Kaur, four-time MP, and wife of former chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, in Punjab’s Patiala. Fighting her sixth Lok Sabha elections in over two decades, 79-year-old Kaur, often called ‘Maharani’ for being the wife of Singh, was dethroned by Congress candidate Dharamvira Gandhi by a slender margin of 14, 831 votes. In these three assembly segments, Kaur lagged behind Gandhi by nearly 50,000 votes – a margin she couldn’t undo in urban assembly segments. Gandhi was roped in at the eleventh hour by the Congress, while AAP, ignoring many ticket aspirants including Punjab CM’s media advisor Baltej Pannu, decided to field Punjab’s health minister Balbir Singh.
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