The Congress party on April 29 declared four more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Punjab, fielding its State party president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring from Ludhiana Parliamentary constituency.
Raja Warring would be facing Ravneet Singh Bittu, former Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana, who recently joined the BJP, and is BJP’s candidate from Ludhiana. He is the grandson of late Chief Minister Beant Singh.
With its latest list, the Congress has announced candidates for 12 of the total 13 Parliamentary seats in Punjab that go to polls on June 1.
Apart from the party’s State president, the other candidates include Sukhjinder Randhawa, the party’s MLA from the Dera Baba Nanak segment, who will contest from the Gurdaspur Parliamentary seat, which is currently represented by Sunny Deol. The BJP has fielded Dinesh Singh Babbu, a three-time MLA this time.
Congress has named former Cabinet Minister Vijay Inder Singla from Anandpur Sahib, where SAD’s Prem Singh Chandumajra and Aam Aadmi Party’s Malvinder Singh Kang are in the race.
Congress MLA Kulbir Zira has been fielded from the Khadoor Sahib constituency.
The Congress is yet to announce candidate for the Ferozepur seat.
