Punjab Assembly Polls 2022: BJP releases first list of 34 candidates

Jan 21,2022

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its first list of 34 candidates for the upcoming Punjab assembly polls 2022. Union Minister and BJP state election co-in charge Hardeep Singh Puri, general secretaries Tarun Chugh and Dushyant Gautam released the first list for Punjab assembly polls to be held on February 20.

Chugh said that names include 12 candidates from farmers' families, eight from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community, and 13 Sikhs.

"We have given tickets to doctors, lawyers, people related to religious organisations, sportspersons, and all other sections of society," Chugh said. The list includes two women candidates Renu Kashyup from Dina Nagar and Nimisha Mehta from Garhshankar.

Kabbadi player Ranjit Singh Khojewala has been fielded from the Kapurthala assembly seat. Retired IAS officer SR Laddhar has been fielded from the Gill assembly constituency.

Here is the complete list of candidates 

Sujanpur- Dinesh Singh Babbu
Dina Nagar (SC)- Renu Kashyap
Sri Hargobindpur (SC)- Baljinder Singh Dakoha
Amritsar North- Sukhwinder Singh Pintu
Tarn Taran- Navreet Singh Safipur
Kapurthala- Ranjit Singh Khojewala
Jalandhar West (SC)- Mahinder Pal Bhagat
Jalandhar Central- Manoranjan Kalia
Jalandhar North- Krishna Dev Bhandari
Mukerian-Jangilal Mahajan
Dasuya- Shri Raghunath Rana
Hoshiarpur- Shri Tikshan Sood
Chabbewal (SC)- Dr. Dilbag Rai
Garhshankar- Namisha Mehta
Banga (SC)-Mohan Lal Banga
Balachaur- Ashok Baath
Fatehgarh Sahib- Didar Singh Bhatti
Amloh- Kanwarveer Singh Tohra
Khanna- Gurpreet Singh Bhatti
Ludhiana Central- Gurdev Sharma
Ludhiana West- Bikram Singh Siddhu
Gill (SC)- S.R. Laddhar, Retd. IAS
Jagraon (SC)- Kanwar Narendra Singh
Firozpur City- Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi
Jalalabad- Puran Chand
Fazilka- Surjit Kumar Jiyani
Abohar- Arun Narang
Muktsar- Rajesh Phatela
Faridkot- Gaurav Kakkar
Bhucho Mandi (SC)-Rupinder Singh Siddhu
Talwandi Sabo- Ravipreet Siddhu
Sardulgarh-Jagjit Singh Milkha
Sangrur-Arvind Khanna
Dera Bassi-Sanjeev Khanna
The BJP is jointly contesting the Punjab assembly election with former chief minister Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa's Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).

The three parties have formed a six-member committee, two each from three parties to decide the seat-sharing formula. The three parties will also make a common manifesto. Polling for 117 seats of Punjab assembly will be held on February 20 and counting of votes will take place on March 10.

(With IANS inputs)