Cong’s first list of 86 out, Sidhu to contest from Amritsar East

Navjot Singh Sidhu

The Congress on Saturday released the first list of candidates and state President Navjot Singh Sidhu will contest from his seat at Amritsar East and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from Chamkaur Sahib. Former state President Partap Singh Bajwa will contest from Qadiyan. The Congress's first list has covered all prominent names in the party.

Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa will contest from Dera Baba Nanak while from Sangrur Vijay Inder Singla has been fielded. Malvika Sood will contest from Moga. Raj Kumar Verka from Amritsar West, Kuljeet Nagra from Fatehgarh Sahib and Manpreet Singh Badal have been fielded from Bhatinda Urban.

Meanwhile, the BJP on Saturday released its first list of 107 candidates for Uttar Pradesh. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will contest from the Gorakhpur (Urban) assembly constituency and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya will contest from the Sirathu assembly seat in Prayagraj district.

Ruling out an alliance with the Samajwadi Party for the UP Assembly elections, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad criticised Akhilesh Yadav for eyeing ‘Dalit vote bank', alleging that former Chief Minister does not want Dalits in his party.

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