 "Punjab polls: AAP's first list of 19 candidates includes HS Phoolka, Himmat Singh Shergill")
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday released the first list of candidates that are going to be in the fray in the 2017 Punjab Assembly election. Senior lawyers HS Phoolka and Himmat Singh Shergill figure in the list of 19 candidates. Former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Mohan Singh, a Dalit face, who had joined the AAP in June, will contest from Ferozepur rural. Poolkha, who had unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha polls from Ludhiana on an AAP ticket, will be a party candidate from Dakha. The senior lawyer had led a campaign to get justice for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims and could be a strong contender for being projected as the party’s chief ministerial face. Shergill will contest from SAS Nagar Mohali. He had also unsuccessfully contested on AAP ticket from Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. Below is the list tweeted by the party’s official Twitter handle: Interestingly, the list was announced in the absence of Kejriwal, who is on a vipassana sojourn. AAP’s Punjab co-convenor Durgesh Pathak is also away, attending a vipassana course. The party intends to replicate the Delhi story in Punjab. When it contested its maiden election in the national capital in 2013, AAP had declared candidates way before the polling schedules were announced. According to a party leader, this gives the party an edge over others in terms of campaigning.
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
1) Ahbaab Singh Grewal, GS AAP Farmer & Labour Wing, to contest from Ludhiana West pic.twitter.com/LomscNwhN3
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
2) Sajjan Singh Cheema, former Capt. Indian Basketball Team, to contest from Sultanpur Lodhi pic.twitter.com/wekOzoY7Yc
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
3) Inderbir Singh Nijjer, M.B.B.S., M.D, Environmentalist to contest from Amritsar (South) pic.twitter.com/GSfNGXlmQJ
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
4) Mohan Singh Phallianwala, ex MP from Ferozepur, to contest from Ferozepur (Rural) pic.twitter.com/24KAlVKKWp
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
5.) Samarbir Singh Sidhu, Farmer, VP AAP Youth Wing, to contest from Fazilka pic.twitter.com/NRkynjsOT1
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
6) Rajpreet Singh Randhawa, Ex President Municipal Corporation Ramdas, to contest from Ajnala pic.twitter.com/TN5dhi0IXL
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
7) Jagdeep Singh Brar, Agriculturist, to contest from Sri Muktsar Sahib pic.twitter.com/zmOdgd5Pc7
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
8) Gurdit Singh Sekhon, Activist, National level Basketball Player, to contest from Faridkot pic.twitter.com/c39MSd0CGC
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
9) Brig. Raj Kumar, Rtd. Lt. IPKF-Srilanka, to contest from Balachaur pic.twitter.com/SlLaDfEucg
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
10) Himmat Singh Shergill
- Bar-at-Law (UK)
- Chief, Legal Wing, AAP
to contest from Mohali pic.twitter.com/wvHrlt5wZ1
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
11) Gurpreet Singh Lapran, Small Scale Trader, to contest from Payal pic.twitter.com/ZRnnF9qreO
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
12) Rupinder Kaur
-B.A., L.L.B, L.L.M
-Pursuing P.hd in Law
to contest from Bathinda (Rural) pic.twitter.com/6taSYupYlQ
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
13) Jasvir Singh Sekhon, Sangrur Zone In-Charge, AAP, to contest from Dhuri pic.twitter.com/7ulBHy5Hum
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
14) Amarjeet Singh, Small Scale Transporter, to contest from Ropar pic.twitter.com/2E3FHkOjFZ
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
15)Santokh Singh Salana, Activist, Ex Member Kanshi Ram Front, to contest from Bassi Pathana pic.twitter.com/9dtR4ddHir
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
16) HS Phoolka, Adv Punjab & Haryana High Court & Supreme Court, to contest from Dakha pic.twitter.com/Ja2iZa37s0
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
17) Kultar Singh Sandhwa, Sr VP NGO Bhai Ghaniya Cancer Roko Seva, to contest from Kotkapura pic.twitter.com/Fo4hih6dhF
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
18) Harjot Singh Bains, President AAP Youth Wing-Punjab, to contest from Sahnewal pic.twitter.com/6JxQuDnYlX
AAP Punjab Candidates
— AAP Punjab (@AAPPunjab) August 4, 2016
19) Gurvinder Singh Shampura, Ex SGPC Member for 16 years, to contest from Fatehgarh Churian pic.twitter.com/rpSy5S5jnA
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