Punjab polls 2022: SSM ticket to controversial Lakha Sidhana

Chandigarh, January 22

In a surprise move, Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) has fielded gangster-turned-politician Lakha Sidhana from Maur. The farmers’ political outfit released its fresh list of 34 candidates today, taking the total to 68 so far.

Sidhana had remained at loggerheads with farmer leaders during their year-long agitation. Questions had then been raised as how he had tried to sabotage the movement in connivance with actor Deep Sidhu. In fact, Sidhana was banned from speaking from the SKM stage.

Among those fielded by the SSM are Bhola Singh Brar (Bagha Purana), Harprit Pal Singh Virk (Sultanpur Lodhi), Kulwant Singh Joshan (Kapurthala), Baljinder Singh (Fatehgarh Churian), Yudhveer Singh (Bhoa), Kulwant Singh (Dinanagar), Rajeev Kumar Lovely (Gill), Ram Lal Sandhu (Dasuya), Purshottam Heer (Adampur), Kulbir Singh Matta (Kotakpura), Ravinderpal Kaur (Faridkot), Daljit Singh Bains (Balachaur), Resham Singh (Attari), Surjit Singh (Khemkaran), Zulafkar Ali (Malerkotla), Darshan Singh Babbi (Amloh), Amandeep Kaur Dholewal (Bassi Pathana), Des Raj Jassal (Jalandhar North) and Jaswinder Singh Sangha (Jalandhar Cantt), Gurnam Singh Daud (Jandiala), Kamalit Singh (Sri Hargobindpur), Satvir Singh (Amargarh). —