Chandigarh Jan 29 PTI Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu AAPs chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann and state finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal filed their nominations on Saturday along with several other candidates Punjabs Chief Electoral Officer CEO S Karuna Raju said 317 nominations were filed on Saturday and with this the total number of nominations filed has reached 619 The nomination process which started on January 25 will continue till February 1 The scrutiny of nominations will be done on February 2 and the last date of withdrawal of candidature is February 4 Voting for Punjabs 117 Assembly seats will be held on February 20 and the counting will take place on March 10PTI CHS VSD AAR
Chandigarh Jan 29 PTI Senior BJP leader and former Punjab minister Madan Mohan Mittal on Saturday joined the SAD in the presence of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal here Mittal was upset after his son Arvind Mittal was denied a ticket by the BJP from Anandpur Sahib assembly seat The BJP has fielded Parminder Sharma from the constituency Welcoming him into party fold the Shiromani Akali Dal chief said that with the joining of Mittal and his supporters the SAD will get a boost Badal also appointed him as the partys senior vice president Mittal had served as minister of parliamentary affairs and health and family welfare in the Parkash Singh Badal-led government in Punjab Voting for Punjabs 117 assembly seats will be held on February 20 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10PTI CHS VSD AAR
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