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BATHINDA: Finance minister Manpreet Badal said on Thursday that he was willing to face his sister-in-law Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal in Bathinda as he had done during the 2014 parliamentary election. “We want that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should provide some respite to Punjab by waiving of part of it,” he added. Stating that it the decision depended on the party, Manpreet refuted the rumours that wife Vinu or son Arjun could fight the election instead.On Sunday, while casting her vote in panchayat elections, Harsimrat announced that she would contest only from Bathinda. In the two decades, Punjab would have to repay a total of Rs 64,000 crore with Rs. 31,000 crore into long term loan, which Punjab government would have to return in 20 years..