PPCC receives 160 ticket applications

Chandigarh: The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has received 160 applications for the 13 Lok Sabha seats. PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar said a meeting of the senior party leadership would be held to shortlist the candidates. While there are two applications each for the Patiala seat and the Gurdaspur seat, the maximum number of applications has been received from the reserved Faridkot and Fatehgarh Sahib constituencies, followed by Anandpur Sahib and Ferozepur. For the Anandpur Sahib seat, Anoop Soni, son of RS member Ambika Soni, did not apply till Friday evening, the last day of filing the application. TNS