Last Modified: Sat, Mar 11 2017. 08 04 AM IST

Amarinder Singh turns 75 on Punjab election results day

Congress leader Amarinder Singh turns 75 on Saturday, the day when the results of Punjab assembly elections, which witnessed an intense triangular contest, will be declared

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A file photo of Congress leader and former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh. Photo: PTI
A file photo of Congress leader and former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh. Photo: PTI

Chandigarh: Congress leader and former chief minister Amarinder Singh turns 75 on Saturday, the day when the results of Punjab assembly elections, which witnessed an intense triangular contest, will be declared.

It remains to be seen what gift is in store for the state Congress chief today, who has already announced that this was his last election.

If the Congress, which is seeking to return to power in Punjab after a hiatus of 10 years, wins, he would have two reasons to cheer.

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While the Congress veteran has been spending the last few days at his residence here, his hectic poll campaign schedule was followed by the release of his biography — The People’s Maharaja — written by Chandigarh-based journalist Khushwant Singh.

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The Punjab Congress chief contested from two seats, his traditional stronghold of Patiala, where he took on former Army Chief Gen. J J Singh (retd) and in Lambi against chief minister Prakash Singh Badal.

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First Published: Sat, Mar 11 2017. 08 04 AM IST