Chandigarh, April 10
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will announce its Lok Sabha candidates for Ludhiana and Jalandhar on April 16th. AAP Punjab President, CM Bhagwant Mann shared this through his X account.
The AAP has already announced nine Lok Sabha candidates in Punjab. In its first list the party announced Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer as a candidate from Sangrur, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Amritsar, Laljit Singh Bhullar from Khadoor Sahib, Gurmeet Singh Khuddian from Bathinda, Gurpreet Singh GP from Fatehgarh Sahib, Karamjeet Anmol from Faridkot and Dr Balbir Singh from Patiala. The party is fielding five cabinet ministers in Punjab.
In its second list, the party announced its chief spokesperson in Punjab Malvinder Singh Kang as a candidate from Anandpur Sahib and Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat. And in its third list on April 16, the party will announce two more candidates taking the total to 11 out 13.
Jalandhar is SC reserved seat and consist of 9 assembly constituencies. During the 2022 Punjab assembly elections the AAP won from four constituencies, but just an year ago in Jalandhar bypoll, the Aam Aadmi Party registered a thumping victory by the margin of more than 58,000 votes. Since then the party has only become stronger on this seat. And for Ludhiana, the Aam Aadmi Party won 8 out of 9 assembly constituencies here in the 2022 Punjab assembly elections.
