1080 Candidates in fray for 117 seats in Punjab

1080 Candidates in fray for 117 seats in Punjab

SAD-BJP Admin   5:08 PM

With 179 candidates withdrawing their nominations today, 1,080 candidates willbattle it out for 117 constituencies in the assembly elections. As many as 2,054 candidates, including covering candidates, had filed nominations till January 12. The papers of 1,259 candidates were found valid after scrutiny on January 13.

These elections will see 37 candidates more than the 2007 polls when 1,043 candidates were in the fray.

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Most of the 117 assembly seats will witness a triangular contest between ruling SAD-BJP alliance, main opposition Congress and Sanjha Morcha which includes the Left and People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s estranged nephew Manpreet. Prominent among those in fray include Badal (Lambi) as his predecessor Amarinder Singh (Patiala City).

Sons of both the veterans–Sukhbir, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister (Jalalabad) and Raninder (Samana)–are also in the fray besides another former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (Lehra). Two former civil servants D S Guru, Principal Secretary to the CM, and P S Gill have filed their nominations from Bhadaur and Moga.

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PPP Candidates for Elections 2012

PPP Candidates for Elections 2012

Punjab elections 2012 Admin   12:07 PM

PPP chief Manpreet Singh Badal led Sanjha Morcha on Saturday released a list of 47 candidates for the January 30 Punjab assembly polls. In this list
PPP has finalized 35,
CPI(M) 5,
 CPI 5,
 SAD (Longowal) 2.

Some of the candidates in the PPP and SAD (Longowal) lists including Gurdas Badal, Gurpreet Bhatti, Abhey Singh Sandhu, Gaganjeet Singh Barnala, Baldev Singh Mann, Harnek Singh Gharuan, Sukhdeep Singh Bhinder, Swaran Singh Dhun, Raghubir Singh  and Manpreet Badal himself have the capacity to spoil the chances of SAD (Badal) candidates.

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On the contrary CPM and CPI candidates could spoil the chances of Congress candidates. In avoiding declaring rest of candidates PPP has kept doors opens for those heavy weight aspirants, who fail to get tickets of mainstream parties including SAD (Badal) and Congress.
Manpreet Badal himself drove all the candidates to Harmandar Sahib and Durgiana Temple in Amritsar. They also took an oath at historic Jallianwala Bagh to serve the people with honesty and integrity if voted to power.

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Big Barrier for PPP and Sanjha Morcha in Punjab Elections 2012

Big Barrier for PPP and Sanjha Morcha in Punjab Elections 2012

Sukhbir Badal Admin   5:41 PM



Few months backa collective third front was formed in Punjab with Alliance of PPP-CPM-CPI (Sanjha Morcha).Many people were thinking that this there will different equations in Punjab 2012 assembly elections, but day by day Sanjha Morcha is becoming weak.Some of the founders of PPP including Jagbir Singh Brar and Khushaldeep Singh Dhillion has resigned from the party and now PPP is left with almost no hope.You may see more in comings days. Here is list big names who left PPP.
Jagbir Brar
Khushaldeep Singh Dhillon
Varinder Bajwa
Charanjit Brar
Sant Ajit Singh
Sukhjit Singh Kaka

Charanjit Singh Channi

On Other has SAD and Congress become more strong with joining of Balwant Singh Ramuwalia and politican left from PPP.

People Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Badal will be the chief ministerial candidate for the newly-formed Sanjha Morcha for the 2012 assembly elections. CPI National Council member Joginder Dayal today said Badal has been unanimously selected by the four-party alliance comprising PPP, CPI, CPM and Akali Dal (Longowal) at a high- level meeting in Delhi. He said CPI would contest 30 seats, CPM 20 and rest of the seats would be left for Badal to field his own candidates.

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