Punjab polls Cong fields CM Channi from two seats replaces three MLAs
Chandigarh Jan 30 PTI The Congress fielded Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from a second seat Bhadaur SC in the Punjab Assembly polls and replaced three MLAs as it released its final list of eight candidates on SundayThe final list of candidates of the Congress came two days ahead of the last date for filing nominations for the February 20 electionThe ruling party in the state has now announced candidates on all 117 seatsThe announcement to field Channi from a second seat comes days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the party would go to the Punjab polls with a chief ministerial face and the decision in this regard would be taken soon after consulting the workersAAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal took a jibe at Channi saying he had pointed out that according to his partys survey the chief minister would lose the electoral battle from the Chamkaur Sahib SC seat which he currently represents in the AssemblyI had said that according to our survey Channi is losing from Chamkaur Sahib Today the Congress announced that he will contest the polls from two seats Does it mean that the survey is right Kejriwal wrote on TwitterThe Congress has fielded former Union minister and former Chandigarh MP Pawan Bansals son Manish Bansal from the Barnala Assembly seatThe party has fielded former Patiala mayor Vishnu Sharma from the Patiala Urban seat Former chief minister Amarinder Singh will also contest the polls from Patiala UrbanSharma rejoined the Congress this month He was the Patiala mayor from 2002 to 2007 when the Congress was in power in the stateFrom Jalalabad where the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD has fielded its president Sukhbir Singh Badal the Congress has nominated two-time former MP Mohan Singh Phalianwala The seat is currently represented in the Assembly by Congress MLA Raminder AwlaAwla was learnt to have been seeking the party ticket from Guruharsahai However in its previous list of candidates the Congress fielded Vijay Kalra from the seatThe party has fielded Channi from the Bhadaur SC seat in Barnala district The chief minister was earlier nominated from the Chamkaur Sahib SC seat which he has been representing in the Assembly since 2007By fielding Channi from Bhadaur the Congress is eying electoral gains in the politically-significant Malwa region which has a good presence of Dalits in addition to their concentration in the Doaba areaThe party would also hope to check the Aam Aadmi Partys AAP influence in the Sangrur-Barnala belt by fielding Channi from BhadaurNotably Punjab has a 3194 per cent Scheduled Caste SC populationChanni who replaced Amarinder Singh last year is the first SC chief minister of Punjab Earlier his name was doing the rounds for being fielded from the Mehal Kalan SC seat in BarnalaRebel AAP leader Pirmal Singh is the current Bhadaur MLAThe AAP has fielded Labh Singh Ugoke from the seatBarnala district has three Assembly segments — Barnala Mehal Kalan and Bhadaur — which fall under the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency State AAP president and the partys chief ministerial face in the upcoming polls Bhagwant Mann is the MP from SangrurThe Congress has denied ticket to its MLA Tarsem Singh DC from Attari It has fielded Tarsem Singh Sialka from the seatThe party has also denied ticket to Nawanshahr MLA Angad Saini and has fielded Satbir Singh Saini in his placeAngad Saini had recently said his allegiance to the Congress cannot not be doubted and his wifes defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP is inconsequential to his loyalty to his constituentsHis wife Aditi Singh is an MLA from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh She joined the BJP after quitting the Congress last yearFrom Khemkaran the party has retained the current MLA Sukhpal Singh BhullarIt has fielded Ishwarjot Singh Cheema from Ludhiana South PTI CHS SUN VSD RC
Chandigarh Jan 30 PTI The Congress fielded Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from a second seat Bhadaur SC in the Punjab Assembly polls and replaced three MLAs as it released its final list of eight candidates on SundayThe final list of candidates of the Congress came two days ahead of the last date for filing nominations for the February 20 electionThe ruling party in the state has now announced candidates on all 117 seatsThe announcement to field Channi from a second seat comes days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the party would go to the Punjab polls with a chief ministerial face and the decision in this regard would be taken soon after consulting the workersAAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal took a jibe at Channi saying he had pointed out that according to his partys survey the chief minister would lose the electoral battle from the Chamkaur Sahib SC seat which he currently represents in the AssemblyI had said that according to our survey Channi is losing from Chamkaur Sahib Today the Congress announced that he will contest the polls from two seats Does it mean that the survey is right Kejriwal wrote on TwitterThe Congress has fielded former Union minister and former Chandigarh MP Pawan Bansals son Manish Bansal from the Barnala Assembly seatThe party has fielded former Patiala mayor Vishnu Sharma from the Patiala Urban seat Former chief minister Amarinder Singh will also contest the polls from Patiala UrbanSharma rejoined the Congress this month He was the Patiala mayor from 2002 to 2007 when the Congress was in power in the stateFrom Jalalabad where the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD has fielded its president Sukhbir Singh Badal the Congress has nominated two-time former MP Mohan Singh Phalianwala The seat is currently represented in the Assembly by Congress MLA Raminder AwlaAwla was learnt to have been seeking the party ticket from Guruharsahai However in its previous list of candidates the Congress fielded Vijay Kalra from the seatThe party has fielded Channi from the Bhadaur SC seat in Barnala district The chief minister was earlier nominated from the Chamkaur Sahib SC seat which he has been representing in the Assembly since 2007By fielding Channi from Bhadaur the Congress is eying electoral gains in the politically-significant Malwa region which has a good presence of Dalits in addition to their concentration in the Doaba areaThe party would also hope to check the Aam Aadmi Partys AAP influence in the Sangrur-Barnala belt by fielding Channi from BhadaurNotably Punjab has a 3194 per cent Scheduled Caste SC populationChanni who replaced Amarinder Singh last year is the first SC chief minister of Punjab Earlier his name was doing the rounds for being fielded from the Mehal Kalan SC seat in BarnalaRebel AAP leader Pirmal Singh is the current Bhadaur MLAThe AAP has fielded Labh Singh Ugoke from the seatBarnala district has three Assembly segments — Barnala Mehal Kalan and Bhadaur — which fall under the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency State AAP president and the partys chief ministerial face in the upcoming polls Bhagwant Mann is the MP from SangrurThe Congress has denied ticket to its MLA Tarsem Singh DC from Attari It has fielded Tarsem Singh Sialka from the seatThe party has also denied ticket to Nawanshahr MLA Angad Saini and has fielded Satbir Singh Saini in his placeAngad Saini had recently said his allegiance to the Congress cannot not be doubted and his wifes defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP is inconsequential to his loyalty to his constituentsHis wife Aditi Singh is an MLA from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh She joined the BJP after quitting the Congress last yearFrom Khemkaran the party has retained the current MLA Sukhpal Singh BhullarIt has fielded Ishwarjot Singh Cheema from Ludhiana South PTI CHS SUN VSD RC
