The Congress party has announced four more candidates from Punjab for the Lok Sabha elections.
The grand old party has appointed state president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring to take over from the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Ravneet Singh Bittu in Ludhiana seat. Bittu, who won the seat in 2019, left the Congress and joined the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Ashok Parashar Pappi of the Aam Aadmi Party and Ranjit Singh Dhillon of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are other candidates in the fray.
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Ludhiana, along with all 12 other seats of Punjab, will vote in the fifth phase on June 1. The counting of the Lok Sabha elections will take place on June 4.
From Anandpur Sahib seat, Congress has fielded former cabinet minister Vijay Inder Singla. Former Union minister Manish Tewari was earlier an MP from this seat. This time, Congress has fielded Tewari from Chandigarh seat.
Kulbir Singh Zira, among others, has been taken over from the seat of Khadoor Sahib. Congress MLA Rana Gurjit Singh and his son and Independent MLA Rana Inder Pratap Singh were also contenders from here, according to reports.
The party has announced former deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa as its candidate for the Gurdaspur seat, the seat represented by Ghadar actor Sunny Deol. Randhawa is pitted against BJP's Dinesh Singh Babbu, AAP's Amansher Singh and Akali Dal's Dr Daljit Singh Cheema in this border seat.
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The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is seeking a record third term under Prime Minister Modi, has set a target of winning 400 seats this election. The ruling alliance is being challenged by the opposition parties led by Congress under the banner of INDIA bloc.
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Published: Apr 29, 2024 2:04 PM IST