Congress release list of 86 candidates for Punjab

Chandigarh, Jan.15 (UNI): After announcing the candidature of  prominent leaders like PCC, CM etc. Congress Party today  finalized 86 names for the state. Naresh Puri (Sujanpur), Amit Vij (Pathankot), Barinderjeet Singh Pahra (Gurdaspur), Mandeep Singh Rangar Nangal (Sri Hargobindpur-SC), Harpratap Singh Ajnala (Ajnala), Sukhwinder Singh Sarkaria (Raja Sansi), Jagwinder Pal Singh (Majitha), Sukhwinder Singh Danny (Jandiala-SC), Sunil Dutti (Amritsar-North), Inderbir Singh Bolaria (Amritsar-South), Dr Dharambit Agnihotri (Tarn Taran), Harminder Singh Gill (Patti), Santokh Singh Bhalaipur (Baba Bakala-SC), Sukhpal Singh Khaira (Bholath), Rana Gurjeet Singh (Kapurthala), Navtej Singh Cheema (Sultanpur Lodhi), Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal (Phagwara-SC), Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary (Phillaur-SC), Hardev Singh Ladi (Shahkot), Chaudhary Surinder Singh (Kartarpur-SC) and Sushil Kumar Rinku will contest from Jalandhar (West-SC).
Similarly, Rajinder Beri has been fielded from Jalandhar (Central), Avtar Singh Junior (Jalandhar North), Pargat Singh (Jalandhar Cantt), Sukhwinder Singh Kotli (Adampur-SC), Indu Bala (Mukerian), Arun Dogra (Dasuya), Sangat Singh Gilzian (Urmar), Pawan Kumar Adia (Sham Chaurasi-SC), Sunder Sham Arora (Hoshiarpur), Dr Raj Kumar (Chabbewal), Amarpreet Lally (Garhshankar), Darshan Lal (Balachaur), Kanwarpal Singh (Anandpur Sahib), Barinder Singh Dhillon (Rupnagar), Balbir Singh Sidhu (SAS Nagar), Gurpreet Singh GP (Bassi Pathana-SC), Kuljeet Singh Nagra (Fatehgarh Sahib), Randeep Singh Nabha (Amloh), Gurkirat Singh Kotli (Khanna), Sanjeev Talwar (Ludhiana East), Kamaljit Singh Karwal (Atam Nagar), Surinder Kumar Dawar (Ludhiana Central), Bharat Bhushan (Ludhiana West), Rakesh Pandey (Ludhiana North), Lakhvir Singh Lakha (Payal-SC), Capt Sandeep Singh Sandhu (Dakha), Kamil Amar Singh (Rajkot-SC), Bhupendra Sahoke (Nihal Singhwala-SC) and Darshan Singh Brar will contest from Bhagha Purana assembly constituency.
Sukhjit Singh Lohgarh will contest from Dharamkot, Kulbir Singh Zira (Zira), Parminder Singh Pinky (Firozpur City), Sandeep Jakhar (Abohar), Rajinder Kaur (Balluana-SC), Jagpal Singh Abulkhurana (Lambi), Amrinder Singh Raja (Gidderbaha), Rupinder Ruby (Malout-SC), Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon (Faridkot), Gurpreet Singh Kangar (Rampura Phul), Pritam Singh Kotbhai (Bhucho Mandi- SC), Manpreet Singh Badal (Bathinda Urban), Harvinder Singh Gill Laddi (Bathinda Rural-SC), Khushbaz Singh Jatana (Talwandi Sabo), Dr Manoj Bala Bansal (Maur), Ranvir Kaur Meya (Budhlada-SC), Sidhu Mussewala (Mansa), Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (Lehra), Razia Sultana (Malerkotla), Dalvir Singh Goldy (Dhuri), Vijay Inder Singla (Sangrur), Sadhu Singh Dharamsot (Nabha-SC), Mohit Mohindra (Patiala-Rural), Hardial Singh Kamboj (Rajpura), Madan Lal Jalalpur (Ghanaur), Harinder Pal Singh Mann (Sanour), Rajinder Singh will try his luck from Samana assembly segment.
Punjab will go to the polls on February 14 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.
In the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls, Congress won 77 seats, AAP 20, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 15 and the BJP was able to secure only three seats.