Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced five more candidates for the Punjab assembly elections, taking the total number of nominees named so far to 101.
Sukhjinder Raj Singh ‘Lalli’ Majithia, who switched from the ruling Congress to the AAP couple of days ago, has been fielded from Majitha assembly constituency from where his arch-rival and Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Minister Bikram Singh Majithia is the sitting legislator.
Lalli Majithia had contested against Majithia as the Congress nominee in 2017 and lost to him by 22,884 votes.
A confidant of former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, Lalli Majithia resigned from the chairmanship of Pungrain and joined the AAP last week.
Among others, the party has fielded Dr Ajay Gupta from Amritsar Central, Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal from Tarn Taran, Surinder Singh Sodhi from Jalandhar Cantt, and Dr Baljit Kaur from Malout constituency.