Punjab’s politicians are placing up a courageous entrance earlier than counting day on Thursday with chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi exhibiting off his goat milking abilities, whereas his predecessor Capt Amarinder Singh regales pals with a ghazal at his birthday celebration and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal paying obeisance at Golden Temple with spouse Harsimrat in tow.

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Though exit polls on Monday confirmed the Aam Aadmi Party successful a majority in Punjab, Channi remained unfazed and mentioned: “The boxes (sealed electronic voting machines) will say what is going to happen. Wait for the 10th of March.” And while waiting for it, the Congress leader’s son, Rhythmjit Singh, shared a video of him milking a goat at Ballo village in his Bhadaur constituency.

The video is being widely circulated with some users even commenting that he was not made chief minister to milk goats for what it’s worth. Channi, who attempted to refurbish his son of the soil image, is contesting the elections from Chamkaur Sahib besides Bhadaur.

Birthday boy sings from the heart

Captain Amarinder Singh threw a party at his Siswan farmhouse on Tuesday, where he celebrated his birthday three days in advance in view of the election results on Thursday. A video of Capt Amarinder regaling his close friends and family with Jagjit Singh’s ghazal,”Baat nikalegi to phir door talak jayegi,” was shared by his social media group.

In the one-and-a-half-minute video, the previous chief minister, attired in his trademark white kurta churidar with a pink turban, sang, “Log zaalim hai har ik baat ka taana denge. Baaton baaton mein mera jikrr bhi le aayenge. Unki baaton ka jara sa bhi asar mat lena. Warna chehare ke taasur se samajh jaayenge, chaahe kuchh bhi ho sawaalaat na karana unse. Mere baare mein koyi baat na karna unse, baat niklegi to phir door talak jayegi.,

People close to Capt Amarinder said that he prepared the celebrations keeping in mind the possibility of a busy schedule after the results are declared. Capt Amarinder’s Punjab Lok Congress contested the elections in alliance with the BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) led by Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.

Though it’s not clear which Congress leaders attended the birthday party, Capt Amarinder’s chief spokesperson Pritpal Singh Baliawal tweeted a cryptic post, “Who were they who attended the party at Siswan? Any guess Congress and AAP? Be ready for the Shock! March 11 day of….”

BJP chief Shekhawat calls on Capt

On Tuesday, the Union Jal Shakti minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in-charge for Punjab Gajendra Singh Shekhawat met Capt Amarinder at his farmhouse. It was the second assembly of the 2 in 4 days. Besides, Capt Amarinder had met Union house minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday.

According to senior BJP leaders, Shekhawat had specifically come to Chandigarh from the nationwide capital early on Tuesday and had left Chandigarh with out another assembly. This set off hypothesis inside political circles that the BJP, regardless of being proven as not performing nicely within the exit polls, has began political exercise forward of the relying on Thursday.

Sukhbir seeks divine intervention

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and his spouse Harsimrat Kaur Badal paid obeisance at Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday morning, looking for divine intervention for achievement within the elections. It is a vital election for Sukhbir, who spearheaded the SAD-BSP marketing campaign, whilst he contested from Jalalabad within the February 20 elections. Harsimrat represents Bathinda within the Lok Sabha and had stop the Narendra Modi authorities after the SAD pulled out of the NDA over the contentious farm legal guidelines that have been later withdrawn.