How is your campaign going?" we ask Sidhu. "See for yourself. There is a tremendous response from the people," Qadian MLA Natha Singh Dalim, from the Shiromani Akali Dal, chips in.

Though Sidhu is a BJP nominee, Akali Dal workers are campaigning for him. "He is virtually an Akali candidate. BJP leaders don't even accompany him," a local journalist informs us. The Akali Dal has never won the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, though the city is home of the holiest Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple.

After 90 minutes of walking in the lanes and bylanes of Qadian town, Sidhu's padyatra finally reaches Railway Road where he is scheduled to address a rally.