Amarinder Singh's Party Announces 1st List Of Candidates For Punjab Polls
NDTV
Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress has so far got 37 of the 117 seats in the state as part of its alliance with the BJP and SAD (Sanyukt), with discussions underway on another five possible seats for the party.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday announced his newly-formed Punjab Lok Congress' first list of 22 candidates for next month's assembly polls in the state.
"We are announcing 22 candidates in the first list," said Captain Singh, adding that the second list is likely to be released in two days.
Punjab Lok Congress has so far got 37 of the 117 seats in the state as part of its alliance with the BJP and SAD (Sanyukt), with discussions underway on another five possible seats for the party.
Of the 37 seats in his share, 26 are from the Malwa region, which had helped Captain Singh swing the previous election for the Congress in the 2007 polls with his ground-breaking Water Termination Act of 2004 as well as the introduction of BT cotton.
