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New Delhi, Jan 15: Congress has released the list of candidates for 86 seats in upcoming Punjab polls on Saturday. Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will contest election from Chamkaur Sahib SC constituency, while state Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu will contest from Amritsar East.
Meanwhile, Punjabi singer Sidhu Mussewala will contest from Mansa and actor Sonu Sood’s sister Malvika Sood from Moga. Rajya Sabha MP Pratap Singh Bajwa will contest from Qadian.
Punjab’s deputy chief ministers, Sukhjinder Randhawa and Om Prakash Soni, will be from Dera Baba Nanak and Amritsar Central constituencies, respectively, for the state polls.
Notably, the Punjab Assembly polls will take place in a single phase on February 14. The counting of votes and results will be out on March 10.
In the 2017 Assembly polls, the Congress had won an absolute majority in Punjab by winning 77 seats and ousted the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party government after a long gap of 10 years.
Interestingly, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerged as the second-largest party with 20 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured only three seats.
Congress releases list for candidates on 86 seats in upcoming Punjab polls- CM Charanjit Singh Channi to contest from Chamkaur Sahib SC, State chief Navjot Singh Sidhu to contest from Amritsar East. pic.twitter.com/FV4PSh1Win
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2022
