Salaria, accompanied by Punjab BJP president Vijay Sampla, met the villagers of village Bamial near the Indo-Pak border and assured them that he will ensure the completion of construction work of Bamial sub-station, stalled by the Congress government for long. Jubilant over Salaria’s announcement, the villagers not only showed great affection, but also promised to vote for him.

Villagers said that the foundation stone for the electricity sub-station in Bamial was laid down during the Akali-BJP government regime and the Sarpanch had donated his land for the same. After change of government in the state, the Congress MLA tried to stall the project, thereby brewing anger against the Congress.

While the Congress MLA had abandoned the area, even the Congress candidate, Sunil Jakhar, hasn’t taken out time to visit them.  “The way Swaran Salaria has included the area in his first round of campaigning, it shows that he is concerned about us and he will give us priority when he wins”, locals said.

Salaria said, “I was born and brought up in Gurdaspur and I understand the problems of the people here. One who is an outsider and has already been rejected by the voters of another area, neither understands the sentiments of the locals, nor will he visit this place afterwards. What can you expect from a person who couldn’t retain the confidence of the people of his paternal constituency?”

Former MLA Seema Devi, Deeksha Sharma, Narendra Parmar, city president Tarsem Lal, former Sarpanch Subhash Chander etc. were also present on the occasion.

Union Minister and Punjab BJP president Vijay Sampla said ever since the BJP government has come into power at the Centre, India has become a power to be reckoned with internationally.