Aam Aadmi Party has released the first list of its candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab.
On this, State President of Punjab Congress Raja Vading said that the party which used to say that we will bring the people of Panchayat forward, has said this today.
Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party has released its first list of 8 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections on Thursday. AAP party will contest elections alone on all the seats in Punjab, however, they will have an alliance with Congress in Delhi.
Congress State President Congratulations AAP
Congress state president Raja Vading, while congratulating on AAP’s first list, also took a taunt. He said that this is a hasty decision.
“Today, it will be proved that the government which won 92 seats has not got new faces, it has been appointed by people from its own ministry.”
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on March 14 declared its first list of eight candidates in Punjab for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, fielding five Cabinet Ministers.
The Cabinet Ministers are Dr. Balbir Singh from Patiala, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Sangrur, Kuldeep Dhaliwal from Amritsar, Gurmeet Singh Khundian from Bathinda, and Laljit Singh Bhullar from Khadoor Sahib.
Sitting MP from Jalandhar too in LS Polls
Sitting MP Sushil Rinku will contest again from the Jalandhar constituency. The party has fielded Karamjeet Anmol from Faridkot and former MLA Gurpreet Singh, who recently joined AAP from Congress, as its candidates from Fatehgarh Sahib.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday fielded five cabinet ministers, a sitting MP, a former Congress MLA and a Punjabi artiste considered close to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, in its first list of candidates in Punjab for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, and Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar have been named as AAP Lok Sabha candidates. The AAP’s sitting MP from Jalandhar Sushil Kumar Rinku, former Congress MLA who recently joined the party, Gurpreet Singh GP, and Punjabi artiste Karamjit Anmol also found a place in the first list.
CM Punjab Roars Victory for Polls
The nominees represent a mix of political heavyweights and newcomers, with several ministers among them. Should these candidates emerge victorious, they will not only relinquish their Cabinet positions but also trigger by-elections for their Vidhan Sabha seats.
In a statement, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the party will win all the 13 seats in the State.
AAP is in power in Punjab and the seeking votes on its performance and policies in the coming election would be a critical test to ascertain the government’s popularity halfway through its tenure.
The party will go against Congress, and ally in the INDIA bloc with whom it had recently contested the Mayoral election against the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in Chandigarh. The party is also expected to face strong challenge from the Shiromani Akali Dal.
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