CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday released its second list of 31 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, replacing Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian in Lambi and former minister Anmol Gagan Maan in Kharar. The party also fielded new candidates in place of sitting MLAs Dr Charanjit Singh in Chamkaur Sahib and Raman Arora in Jalandhar Central.
AAP has picked Randhir Singh Dhira Khuddian for Lambi, where Gurmeet Singh Khudian defeated former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in 2022. In Kharar, the party has given the ticket to Parminder Singh Goldy in place of Anmol Gagan Maan.
In Chamkaur Sahib, Jasvir Singh Garhi replaces Dr Charanjit Singh, who won the seat in 2022 by defeating then chief minister and Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi. In Jalandhar Central, Nitin Kohli, the party’s constituency in-charge, replaces Raman Arora. Raman Bahl has been fielded from Gurdaspur.
The second list also names Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Barnala, Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal from Phagwara, Sonia Mann from Raja Sansi and Talbir Singh Gill from Majitha. Karamjit Singh Rintu will contest from Amritsar North, the seat previously held by Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who joined the BJP. In Patti, AAP has picked Jaskanwar Singh Gill, popularly known as Jassa Patti, after sitting MLA Laljit Singh Bhullar announced he would sit out the election. timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The announcement, signed by AAP national secretary Pankaj Kumar Gupta, takes the party’s tally to 71 candidates for Punjab’s 117 Assembly seats. The first list of 40, released on October 31, included Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann from Dhuri and Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan from Kotkapura.