Lok Sabha polls 2019: Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party announces 5 candidates for the General election from Punjab

The Aam Aadmi Party has today announced five Lok Sabha candidates for the upcoming General Election in 2019. The move by AAP came after the convenor Arvind Kejriwal today visited the Punjab and met the leaders of AAP.

Sitting MLA Bhagwant Mann will contest from his respective constituency, i.e Sangrur, and Sadhu Singh, another sitting MLA will contest from Faridkot, which is his legislative assembly seat.

Three new candidates have been fielded by the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab. Addressing the media here, the AAP’s core committee chairman Budh Ram said that Ravjot Singh, who also contested the 2017 Assembly polls from Sham Chaurasi seat, will fight the election from Hoshiarpur seat.

 Party's Majha zonal incharge Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal will contest from Amritsar seat and Narinder Singh Shergill, who had contested 2017 Punjab Assembly polls from Mohali, has been given ticket from Anandpur Sahib seat.

The core committee chairman added that the names of other candidates for the 8 seats will be given at an appropriate time.

Bhagwant Mann had earlier resigned from the post of AAP’s Punjab chief after Arvind Kejriwal had unconditionally apologized to the Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia for allegations against him about the drug mafia and the case of defamation was dropped thereafter.

The AAP has been reeling under the pressure of its own associates leaving the party, including Ashutosh and Ashish Khetan being the latest to join the list.

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