At 94 SAD patriarch becomes Indias oldest candidate in fray Amarinder too files nomination
Chandigarh Jan 31 PTI Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal 94 became the countrys oldest candidate to fight elections as he filed his nomination papers from Lambi on Monday Former chief minister Amarinder Singh too filed his nomination papers from Patiala Urban Assembly constituency for the February 20 polls in the state Badal a five-time chief minister completed the paperwork before the returning officer of Malout in Muktsar district officials said With this he broke former Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandans record of being the oldest candidate in the fray the CPIM leader was 92 years old when he fought the Assembly polls in 2016 The 11-time MLA has been ruling Lambi since 1997 Capt Amarinder Singh on the other hand was accompanied by BJPs Punjab election in-charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Singh had been winning from Patiala since 2002 on a Congress ticket However the former army man will represent the Punjab Lok Congress a party he floated after exiting the Congress last year The 79-year-old scion of the erstwhile Patiala royal family served as chief minister of Punjab twice He however could not complete his tenure as the Congress unseated him from the post in September amid a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu Voting for Punjabs 117 Assembly seats will be held on February 20 and the counting will take place on March 10 PTI CHS VSD CJ CJ
Chandigarh Jan 31 PTI Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal 94 became the countrys oldest candidate to fight elections as he filed his nomination papers from Lambi on Monday Former chief minister Amarinder Singh too filed his nomination papers from Patiala Urban Assembly constituency for the February 20 polls in the state Badal a five-time chief minister completed the paperwork before the returning officer of Malout in Muktsar district officials said With this he broke former Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandans record of being the oldest candidate in the fray the CPIM leader was 92 years old when he fought the Assembly polls in 2016 The 11-time MLA has been ruling Lambi since 1997 Capt Amarinder Singh on the other hand was accompanied by BJPs Punjab election in-charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Singh had been winning from Patiala since 2002 on a Congress ticket However the former army man will represent the Punjab Lok Congress a party he floated after exiting the Congress last year The 79-year-old scion of the erstwhile Patiala royal family served as chief minister of Punjab twice He however could not complete his tenure as the Congress unseated him from the post in September amid a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu Voting for Punjabs 117 Assembly seats will be held on February 20 and the counting will take place on March 10 PTI CHS VSD CJ CJ
