Showing faith in its own party office bearers, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Friday announced a list of 12 candidates from Punjab.
Narendra Kashyap, national general secretary of party and in-charge of Punjab BSP said that the remaining name from Sangrur would be announced in a day or two after consulting the central leadership.
Sukhwinder Singh Kotli would contest from Jalandhar (SC) seat, Bhagwan Singh Chauhan from Hoshiarpur, KS Makhan from Sri Anandpur Sahib, Ram Kumar Prajapati from Ferozepur and Sucha Singh Mann from Khadoor Sahib.
Pradeep Singh Walia has been given party ticket from Amritsar, Ram Singh Dhiman from Patiala, Sant Ram Malia from Faridkot, Kuldeep Singh from Bathinda, Saravjit Singh Khalsa from Fatehgarh Sahib, Navjot Singh Jarag from ludhiana and Sukhwinder Singh Sukh for Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency.
Kashyap claimed that the declared list of candidates is based on party’s ‘social engineering’ formula, which has already been successfully implemented in the Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country.
“In this list of 12 so far, we have included two Jat Sikhs from Sri Anandpur Sahib and ludhiana constituencies, besides selecting one candidate from Khatri Arora caste from Amritsar seat, and one candidate Saravjit Singh Khalsa is former SAD candidate from Fatehgarh Sahib”, added Kashyap.The list of 12 released by the party mentions the castes of the candidates as well. While five belong to the Ravidasia community, two are Majhabi Sikhs, one each from Kumhar and Ramgharia community, two each from Jatt Sikhs and one Khatri Arora,
Kashyap said BSP is scheduled to organise its first political rally in the State on April 16 in Nawanshehar City and party president Mayawati would address the gathering.