AAP releases second list of 31 candidates for Punjab assembly elections 2027
Aam Aadmi Party has released its second list of 31 candidates for the 2027 Punjab assembly elections. With this announcement, the total number of candidates declared by the ruling party has reached 71. There are a total of 117 assembly seats in the state, out of which candidates for 46 constituencies are yet to be announced.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann released this list after a meeting of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) held at the residence of party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi. This list was issued under the signatures of the party's national secretary Pankaj Kumar Gupta.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stated that the selection of candidates has been made on the basis of public surveys and voters' opinions. He said that the distribution of tickets has not been done through recommendations or lobbying, but according to the response received from the people of the constituencies.
In this new list, Rustom-e-Hind wrestler Jaskanwar Singh Gill alias Jassa Patti has been made the candidate from Patti constituency. The sitting MLA and former cabinet minister from this constituency, Laljit Singh Bhullar, is in judicial custody in a case of abetment to suicide and had announced not to contest the elections. Nothing has yet been proved in court.
Sangrur MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer has been fielded from the Barnala assembly constituency.
Several sitting MLAs and new faces have been given a place in the second list. Raman Behal from Gurdaspur, Shamsher Singh from Dina Nagar, Karamjit Singh Rintu from Amritsar North, Sarvjit Kaur Manuke from Jagraon, and Amandeep Singh 'Goldy' Musafir from Balluana have been given tickets.
Apart from this, Nitin Kohli from Jalandhar Central, Vaneet Dhir from Jalandhar North, Deepak Bali from Jalandhar Cantt, and Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal have been declared candidates from Phagwara.
The party had released its first list of 40 candidates on October 31, in which Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was made the candidate from Dhuri and assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan from Kotkapura.
Key developments
- Aam Aadmi Party released second list of 31 candidates for Punjab elections 2027.
- MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Barnala and Jassa Patti from Patti got tickets.
- The party has announced candidates for 71 out of 117 seats so far.
