Curtains have fallen on the campaign for the Municipal Corporation elections to be held this Saturday.

As the campaign ended today, candidates from all parties chose to end the day on a high note by organising bike rallies, roadshows, foot march or ward-wise gatherings. In Ward no. 19, while AAP candidate Harleen Kaur ended her campaign by holding a rally in a park on Ladowali Road, her BJP counterpart Manjit Kaur walked with women supporters. The BJP youth from the same area held a bike rally, which had a trail of autorickshaws using public address system to give the last call to the voters in her support.

BJP candidate in Ward no. 31 Anu Matta took out a roadshow along with ex-MLAs Jagbir Brar and Sarabjit Makkar standing along in a goods carrier. The AAP candidate from the adjoining Ward no. 33 Aruna Arora addressed a series of rallies in various localities of her ward falling in the Model Town area.

In Ward no. 10 of Dakoha, Congress Jalandhar MP Charanjit S Channi, Pargat Singh and ex-MLA Navtej Cheema addressed a rally in favour of party candidate Manga Singh. Paramjot S Sharry Chadha, who is recontesting for the Congress from Ward no. 28, took out a foot march through Rainak Bazaar, seeking support of shopkeepers of the area. Harsharan Kaur Happy, candidate of the Congress from Ward no. 35, gathered a group of women and went live on FB to announce that her campaign had concluded. Her supporters burst crackers to express solidarity with her.

Local Bodies Minister Dr Ravjot Singh too was in city to pep up the campaign of the candidates on the last day. He visited several wards and attended rallies with candidates. He also visited Ward no. 40 AAP candidate Varesh Mintu, who had got hurt during campaign and is on bed rest.

BOx: Field day for dholis, auto drivers

Dholis and autorickshaw drivers had a field day as their demand was all-time high. All candidates hired them to drum up support. Some candidates had provided caps with party symbols to auto drivers and dholis. The autos were covered with banners and flags and carried public address system as they went around mohallas the whole day.