AAP''s Ghuggi to contest from Batala constituency

Chandigarh, December 10

Putting a lid on all speculation, the Aam Aadmi Party has fielded its state convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich (Ghuggi) from the Batala constituency. There had earlier been talk of the possibility of Ghuggi being pitted against Cabinet Minister Bikram Singh Majithia. But sources said Ghuggi had “all along” been reluctant to fight Majithia on the latter’s home turf.

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With AAP today releasing its seventh list of candidates carrying four names, it has so far announced 103 candidates for the 117-seat Punjab Assembly, elections to which are expected to be announced anytime now. Fiftyfive–year-old farmer from Kheera Wali village Sukhwant Singh Padda will contest from Kapurthala. He holds a diploma in solar energy. Atul Nagpal, a 46-year-old-farmer, will contest from Abohar. A member of AAP’s intellectual cell, he runs an NGO, Savera Foundation, in Fazilka. 

Sukhwinder Singh Mann (41), a farmer-cum-businessman, has been fielded from Sardulgarh. He is AAP’s sector in-charge in Mansa. —TNS