1,273 apply for Sayunkt Samaj Morcha ticket

Ludhiana, January 14

As many as 1,273 applicants have submitted their documents to the Sayunkt Samaj Morcha (SSM) to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab. Farmers’ political outfit leaders said the ticket for six urban constituencies of Ludhiana will be given to industrialists.

Addressing a press conference here on Friday evening, morcha leader Prem Singh Bhangu said since the SSM had announced it would field honest, educated and deserving candidates on all 117 constituencies, it had got a good response. Bhangu said they had decided that six seats of Ludhiana city would be given to industrialists. SSM leader Prof Manjit Singh said: “We are receiving an overwhelming response from people of Punjab.” —