Congress on Thursday released a list of 61 candidates for the upcoming state elections including the party chief Amarinder Singh and former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal. Amarinder will represent the party in Patiala, Badal will contest from Bathinda Urban. The state will have its Assembly polls in 2017.
The list includes Lok Sabha MP Vijay Inder Singla and former CLP leader Sunil Kumar Jakhar, among others. The party said it has chosen seven new candidates based on “strong credibility and winnability criteria”, reported The Times of India. The Aam Aadmi Party announced its third list of candidates on October 8.
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