Farmers' protest over, aspirants line up for BJP ticket for Punjab Assembly polls

Chandigarh, December 26

With hostility surrounding the three farm laws diminishing, the Bharatiya Janata Party is seeing a surge in requests for a party ticket ahead of the Assembly elections. In contrast, the party was finding it hard to find candidates even for the local bodies elections earlier this year.

According to sources, the party plans to contest around 80 seats in alliance with Capt Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led SAD (Sanyukt).

Party minders for various constituencies are getting several calls from ticket aspirants. BJP’s state general secretary Subhash Sharma said though there was no procedure in place to invite people for ticket, the response they were receiving was “massive”. “On each seat, we have four to five people who can put up a good fight,” he claimed. — TNS