GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 21st Jan. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its first list of 34 candidates for Punjab assembly elections.
12 candidates in the list are from farmer families, eight tickets have been given to members from the Dalit community, and 13 candidates are from the Sikh community, said BJP’s general secretary Tarun Chugh at a joint press conference today.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Punjab BJP in-charge Dushyant Gautam were among those present at the press conference.
“Tickets have been given to 12 candidates who belong to farmers’ families, 8 tickets to members of the SC community, 13 tickets to Sikhs. The list has doctors, lawyers, sportspersons, farmers, youth, women, and former IAS,” Chugh said.
Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting the assembly polls in alliance with Punjab Lok Congress led by Capt Amarinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).
The party has fielded Arvind Khanna from Sangrur, Manoranjan Kalia from Jalandhar Central and Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi from Ferozepur City.
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