Voters in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency are not known to be kind to its leaders. It is no surprise that it has in the past preferred Communist leader Teja Singh Sutantar (1971), Simranjit Singh Mann (1999) and Bhagwant Mann (2014) to many a heavyweight. This election may be no different.
 Harvesting has come to an end, yet there are no signs of electioneering on the Zirakpur-Bathinda highway, except for a few hoardings with Capt Amarinder Singh’s giant picture and the slogan “Sara Punjab, Captain de naal”, which AAP claims has been stolen from them.
 Enter nearby villages, and the ground reality seems rather odd. Only two years in office and a divided Opposition, yet it is clear the Congress’ honeymoon in Punjab is over. People have started asking for “ghar-ghar rozgar”. In her twenties, Pardeep Kaur from Wazid Ke Kalan village on the Barnala-Ludhiana road, who is MSC (IT), works as a typist for a paltry Rs 4,000 a month. “Where are the jobs,” she asks angrily.