Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday announced the names of its three more candidates —Justice Jora Singh from Jalandhar, Bajlinder Singh Chaunda from Fatehgarh Sahib and Peter Masih Cheeda from Gurdaspur — for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, to be held on May 19 in Punjab.
Already announced five candidates, AAP would soon announce the names of its remaining five candidates.
The names of party candidates were decided during AAP’s state core committee meeting held under the leadership of state unit president and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann and core committee head and MLA Principal Budhram at Sangrur.
“The party has decided to field Justice Jora Singh from Jalandhar, Bajlinder Singh Chaunda from Fatehgarh Sahib and Peter Masih Cheeda from Gurdaspur,” said Principal Budhram.
He said that Chaunda has been working in the party from 2014 as a dedicated worker. “He is presently serving as the vice-president of party’s state SC Wing. He comes from a family of freedom fighters as his grandfather participated in 'Dharam Sudhar Andolan' and was kept in Jail during Jaiton Morcha,” he said.
Justice Jora Singh worked on different position in the field of judiciary in the state, he said adding that he retired as judge from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and was appointed chairman of the Commission to investigate cases of desecration of Guru Granth Sahib and Behbal Kalan firing incident.
Justice Jora Singh joined AAP in 2018.
Budhram said that Peter Cheenda is working as the halqa in-charge of AAP’s Fatehgarh Churian, and has been working in the field of education for a long time.
Already, AAP has announced candidature of Bhagwant Mann from Sangrur, Prof Sadhu Singh from Faridkot, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Amritsar, Dr Ravjot Singh from Hoshiarpur and Narinder Singh Shergill from Sri Anandpur Sahib.