Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released its fifth list of 15 candidates for the next year’s Assembly elections in Punjab. The party has fielded a candidate named Dr Charanjit Singh from Sri Chamkaur Sahib, the seat of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.
The AAP had released its first list in early November, second list on December 10, third list on December 24 and fourth list on Monday.
Here is the list of 15 candidates in the fourth list:
- Gurdeep Singh Ranshawa – Dera Baba Nanak
- Baldev Singh Meadian – Raja Sansi
- Manju Rana – Kapurthala
- Rattan Singh Kakarkalan – Shahkot
- Sheetal Angural – Jalandhar West
- Jeet Lal Bhatti – Adampur
- Kuljit Singh Sarhal – Banga
- Dr Charanjit Singh – Sri Chamkaur Sahib
- Kulwant Singh – SAS Nagar
- Rupinder Singh Happy – Bassi Pathana
- Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina – Ludhiana South
- Ranveer Singh Bhullar – Firozpur City
- Jagroop Singh Gill – Bathinda Urban
- Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra – Amargarh
- Gurdev Singh Dev Mann – Nabha
Assembly elections for 117 seats in Punjab are likely to be held in early next year and Aam Aadmi Party is expected to pose a strong challenge to the incumbent Congress party.
Meanwhile, AAP put up a spectacular show in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls and won 14 of 35 wards while pushing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to second place.
As per State Election Commission, Congress registered victory in 8 wards while the Shiromani Akali Dal bagged only 1 ward.
Sitting mayor of the BJP Ravi K Sharma was defeated by an AAP candidate.
AAP National Convenor and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that his party’s victory in Chandigarh civic polls is a sign of the change in Punjab where the Assembly elections are due early next year.
