Aam Aadmi Party announces second list of 31 candidates for Punjab

The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday released a second list of 31 names of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab. According to a report by The Hindu, the party has taken this significant decision for the elections to be held in early 2027.

This list includes two sitting Aam Aadmi Party Lok Sabha MPs. Raj Kumar Chhabba from Phagwara and Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Barnala will contest this election. According to a statement released by the party, a long meeting of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) was held under the chairmanship of Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, where these names were finalised after detailed discussions with all members.

The party has also made some major changes in this list. In place of Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian from the Lambi seat, his nephew Randhir Singh Dhira has been made the candidate. Additionally, the party has given space to new faces in place of sitting MLAs in six other constituencies.

Following the recent resignation of Kunwar Vijay Pratap from the Amritsar North seat, Karamjit Singh Rintu has been made the candidate. For Jalandhar Central, Nitin Kohli has been named instead of Raman Arora, and Gopal Singh has been named in place of Amit Rattan in Bathinda. In the Patti constituency, Jasa Patti has been fielded instead of Laljit Bhullar, and Jasvir Singh Garhi has been put in the field instead of Dr. Charanjit Channi in Chamkaur Sahib.

In the Kharar seat, Parminder Singh Goldy has been made the candidate in place of Anmol Gagan Man.

In the Sutra constituency, the party has fielded Kulwant Singh Bazigar in place of former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Varinder Kaur Lumba.

The Aam Aadmi Party had earlier announced the first names of 40 candidates on 31 October, all of whom were sitting MLAs. There are a total of 117 Assembly seats in Punjab, and the five-year term of the Assembly will end on 16 March, 2027. In the 2022 Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party achieved a grand victory by winning 92 seats.

Aam Aadmi Party is a political party in India that has primarily ruled in Delhi and Punjab. The party came to power in Punjab by winning most of the seats in the 2022 elections.