"For First Time...": Navjot Sidhu On Congress Move For Punjab Polls

Navjot Sidhu said the party has decided not to take application fees from candidates.

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu today shared application forms for the selection of candidates for polls in the state early next year, flagging one "historic" step.

Mr Sidhu, appointed chairman of the party's Punjab Election Committee this week, said the party has decided not to take application fees from candidates.

"Application forms will be accepted for selecting Congress candidates with immediate effect till 20th December ... It is historic that for the first time that no application fees will be taken from the applicants," Mr Sidhu said in a Koo post.