Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will contest again from Dhuri
The Aam Aadmi Party released its first list of 40 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, featuring CM Bhagwant Mann from Dhuri and minister Sanjeev Arora from Ludhiana West.
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The AAP is preparing for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections to seek re-election.
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced its first list of 40 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, naming chief minister Bhagwant Mann again from Dhuri, assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan from Kotkapura and minister Sanjeev Arora from Ludhiana West. The list, issued by AAP national secretary Pankaj Kr Gupta, includes candidates from constituencies across the Malwa, Majha and Doaba regions.
Among the prominent nominees are Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar from Amritsar South, Kulwant Singh from SAS Nagar, Bram Shanker Sharma Jimpa from Hoshiarpur, Aman Sher Singh (Shery Kalsi) from Batala, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala and Harmeet Singh Sandhu from Tarn Taran. The party has also fielded Daljit Singh Grewal Bhola from Ludhiana East and Ashok Prashar Pappi from Ludhiana Central. Arora, who has been named from Ludhiana West, is currently in jail. The announcement marks AAP's first candidate list for the 2027 polls, in which the party will seek to retain power in Punjab.
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