Janjivan Bureau
New Delhi/Chandigarh: The Congress on Thursday announced its first list of 61 candidates for the Punjab Assembly elections, fielding 31 sitting MLAs. The party has fielded seven new faces besides six women, eight ex-MLAs and one ex-MP.
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Captain Amarinder Singh will contest from Patiala, while vice-president Sunil Jakhar will contest from Abohar, from where he is the sitting MLA.
Other in the fray are: Manpreet Singh Badal from Bathinda Urban and Charanjit Singh Channi from Chamkaur Sahib (SC), from where he is the sitting MLA.
Capt Amarinder said all care had been taken to ensure winnability as the key criteria in the finalisation of the nominees.
Another prominent name in the first list is of former Moga DC Kuldeep Singh Vaid (IAS), who has got the ticket from Gill reserved constituency.
Of the six women on the list, four have been fielded from the reserved constituencies of Ferozepur Rural (Satkar Kaur), Mehalkalan (Harchand Kaur, sitting MLA), Budhlada (Ranjit Kaur Batti) and Dinanagar (sitting MLA Aruna Chaudhary). The other two women in the fray are Razia Sultan (Malerkotla) and Rajinder K Bhattal, sitting MLA and former chief minister, from Lehra.
At 25, Angad Saini, son of sitting MLA Guriqbal Kaur Babli, is the youngest nominee in the first list.
Here’s the list:
CONSTITUENCY: CANDIDATE
Dinanagar (SC): Aruna Chaudhary
Qadian: Fatehjung Singh Bajwa
Batala: Ashwani Sekhri
Sri Hargobindpur (SC): Balwinder Singh Laddi
Fatehgarh Churian: Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa
Dera Baba Nanak: Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
Rajasansi: Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria
Majitha: Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lalli Majthia
Jandiala (SC): Sukhwinder Singh Danny
Amritsar West (SC): Raj Kumar Verka
Amritsar Central: O.P. Soni
Attari (SC): Tarsem Singh DC
Tarn Taran: Dharamvir Agnihotri
Patti: Harminder Singh Gill
Khadoor Sahib: Ramanjit Singh Sikki
Kapurthala: Rana Gurjeet Singh
Sultanpur Lodhi: Navtej Singh Cheema
Jalandhar Central: Rajinder Beri
Mukerian: Rajnish Kumar
Urmur: Sangat Singh Gilzian
Hoshiarpur: Sunder Sham Arora
Chabbewal (SC): Dr Raj Kumar
Nawanshahr: Angad Saini
Anandpur Sahib: Rana Kanwarpal Singh
Chamkaur Sahib (SC): Charanjit Singh Channi
S.A.S. Nagar: Balbir Singh Sidhu
Bassi Pathana (SC): Gurpreet Singh GP
Fatehgarh Sahib: Kuljit Singh Nagra
Amloh: Randeep Singh Nabha
Khanna: Gurkirat Singh Kotli
Ludhiana Central: Surinder Kumar Dawar
Ludhiana West: Bhart Bhushan Ashu
Gill (SC): Kuldeep Singh Vaid
Payal (SC): Lakhvir Singh Lakha
Raikot (SC): Dr Amar Singh
Baghapurana: Darshan Singh Brar
Dharamkot: Sukhjit Singh Kaka Lohgarh
Zira: Kulbir Singh Zira
Ferozepur City: Parminder Singh Pinky
Ferozepur Rural (SC): Satkar Kaur
Guru Harsahai: Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi
Abohar: Sunil Kumar Jakhar
Faridkot: Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon
Rampura Phul: Gurpreet Singh Kangar
Bhatinda Urban: Manpreet Singh Badal
Talwandi Sabo: Khushbaj Singh Jatana
Sardulgarh: Ajit Inder Singh Mofar
Budhlada (SC): Ranjit Kaur Bhatti
Lehra: Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
Dirba (SC): Ajaib Singh Rataul
Barnala: Kewal Singh Dhillon
Mehalkalan (SC): Harchand Kaur
Malerkotla: Razia Sultana
Dhuri: Dalvir Singh Goldy
Sangrur: Vijay Inder Singla
Nabha (SC): Sadhu Singh Dharamsot
Patiala Rural: Brahm Mohindra
Rajpura: Hardiyal Singh Kamboj
Ghanaur: Madan Lal Jalalpur
Patiala: Capt Amrinder Singh
Shutrana (SC): Nirmal Singh
