The equation has turned even murkier this time as the Congress ticket has gone to the SAD MP's son Davinder Ghubaya.
welfare works through politics," she said.
The equation has turned even murkier this time as the Congress ticket has gone to the SAD MP's son Davinder Ghubaya.
The MP, too, has all but officially switched allegiances. The BJP has fielded Jyani again.
Kaur says, "Whosoever remained in power did nothing for the poor of the region. A live example is Akali MP Sher Singh Ghubaya who despite being in power for more than two decades (as MLA or MP) did nothing for the poor, including Rai Sikhs, the community in whose names he bargained for the Congress ticket for his son."
Kaur, a baptised Sikh, explained why she is in politics.
"It is the most powerful tool to serve people. Whoever wishes to join it must follow that in letter and spirit," she said.
Interestingly, she tries to draw support in her brother's name, who was booked, among others, in murder cases.
Rocky had been eyeing a life primarily as a politician for some years.
During the 2011 floods in Fazilka, he had earned goodwill in the border villages by distributing essentials much before the state government could come to the people's aid.
He would often "resolve disputes" of locals here, and in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, he openly supported Akali nominee Sher Singh Ghubaya, who won.
Born in a farming family at Chugian Kesar Singh village, Rocky did his schooling from Fazilka. His tryst with crime, that too within the family, came when he was barely 20, when he got a case registered against his brother, Romi Singh, for firing a shot at their father, Mahinder Singh.
Romi was jailed but was later acquitted.
Travelling in her Toyota Fortuner with two police bodyguards followed by other vehicles, Kaur connects with the public immediately as she says that "no one has done anything for the area and you can see for yourself".
She is eldest among her siblings.
Her brother was "famous in the area for solving the problems from matrimonial issues to property disputes and people used to approach him".
"The authorities did nothing when floods came in the area two years back, my brother distributed sugar and tea to the people of at least 15 villages. Where was the government then," Kaur asks.
Her mother Harminder Kaur and youngest brother Roman Singh, besides other family members and friends, are fully involved in her campaign.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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