3Photo© hindustantimes.comAAP announces four more candidates in Punjab
The party has fielded two-time former MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu from Jalandhar reserved seat, Batala MLA Amansher Singh Sherry Kalsi from Gurdaspur, Muktsar MLA Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar from Ferozepur, and Ludhiana Central MLA Ashok Parashar Pappi from Ludhiana.
The third list of candidates, announced by AAP’s national general secretary (organisation) Dr Sandeep Pathak, completes the line-up for the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab, making it the first frontline political party to name all its nominees in the state for the June 1 election followed by the BJP with nine candidates, SAD seven and the Congress six. There is no woman candidate on the AAP list of nominees in the state.
The candidature of Tinu, a prominent Dalit leader, was on expected lines after he switched sides to the AAP from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on April 14. Tinu’s name has been declared in place of Jalandhar’s sitting MP Sushil Kumar Rinku, who was fielded by the party from the same seat on March 14 but switched to the BJP on March 27.