The Congress has released its list of candidates for Punjab Assembly elections which are going to be held in single phase on February 15, 2017. The first list of candidates has 61 names. It has 31 sitting MLAs and seven new candidates. Sitting MLA Preneet Kaur has made way for her husband Amarinder Singh in the Patiala Urban Assembly seat. Punjab Chief Minister and SAD member Parkash Singh Badal's estranged nephew Manpreet Singh Badal, who joined the Congress a few months ago, will contest from Bathinda Urban Assembly seat. Former Sangrur MP Vijay Inder Singla is going to contest from the same assembly seat. Congress' Punjab Vice President and incumbent Abohar MLA Sunil Jakhar will contest from the same seat. Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lalli Majthia will contest from the high-profile Majithia constituency. The youngest nominee in the first list was Angad Saini who is aged 25.
In the second list of 17 candidates, one sitting MLA's name has been dropped and five others have been re-nominated. The party has re-nominated three-time MLAs Jagmohan Singh Kang and Amrik Singh Dhillon. Indian Youth Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring is going to contest from Gidderbaha and Karan Kaur Brar from Muktsar. Sitting MLA from Bhadaur SC seat Mohammad Sadique has been shifted to Jaito reserved constituency while MLA Ajaib Singh Bhatti has been shifted to Malout SC seat.
In the final list, candidates for the remaining three seats have been named. Inderbir Singh Bolaria has been chosen to contest from Amritsar South, Manju Bansal from Mansa and Sanjay Talwar from Ludhiana East. With this, the party has finished naming its candidates for all 117 assembly constituencies going to polls in the state. The party's Punjab unit chief Captain Amarinder Singh has been named as the congress chief ministerial candidate in assembly elections.
In the last Punjab Assembly elections held in 2012, the SAD-BJP alliance returned to power while Congress sat in opposition.
List of Punjab Congress Candidate List 2017
List of Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Punjab 2022
| AC No. | AC Name | Candidates Name |
|---|
| 1 | Sujanpur | Amit Singh |
| 2 | Bhoa | Joginder Pal |
| 3 | Pathankot | Amit |
| 4 | Gurdaspur | Barindermeet Singh Pahra |
| 5 | Dina Nagar | Aruna Chaudhary |
| 6 | Qadian | Fatehjang Singh Bajwa |
| 7 | Batala | Ashwani Sekhri |
| 8 | Sri Hargobindpur | Balwinder Singh |
| 9 | Fatehgarh Churian | Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa |
| 10 | Dera Baba Nanak | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa |
| 11 | Ajnala | Harpartap Singh |
| 12 | Raja Sansi | Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria |
| 13 | Majitha | Sukhjinder Raj Singh (Lalli) |
| 14 | Jandiala | Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala |
| 15 | Amritsar North | Sunil Dutti |
| 16 | Amritsar West | Raj Kumar Verka |
| 17 | Amritsar Central | Om Parkash Soni |
| 18 | Amritsar East | Navjot Singh Sidhu |
| 19 | Amritsar South | Inderbir Singh Bolaria |
| 20 | Attari | Tarsem Singh D.C. |
| 21 | Tarn Taran | Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri |
| 22 | Khem Karan | Sukhpal Singh Bhullar |
| 23 | Patti | Harminder Singh Gill |
| 24 | Khadoor Sahib | Ramanjeet Singh Sahota Sikki |
| 25 | Baba Bakala | Santokh Singh |
| 26 | Bholath | Ranjit Singh Rana |
| 27 | Kapurthala | Rana Gurjit Singh |
| 28 | Sultanpur Lodhi | Navtej Singh Cheema |
| 29 | Phagwara | Joginder Singh Mann |
| 30 | Phillaur | Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary |
| 31 | Nakodar | Jagbir Singh Brar |
| 32 | Shahkot | Hardev Singh Ladi |
| 33 | Kartarpur | Ch. Surinder Singh |
| 34 | Jalandhar West | Sushil Kumar Rinku |
| 35 | Jalandhar Central | Rajinder Beri |
| 36 | Jalandhar North | Avtar Singh Junior |
| 37 | Jalandhar Cantt. | Pargat Singh Powar |
| 38 | Adampur | Mohinder Singh Kaypee |
| 39 | Mukerian | Rajnish Kumar Babbi |
| 40 | Dasuya | Arun Dogra |
| 41 | Urmar | Sangat Singh Gilzian |
| 42 | Sham Chaurasi | Pawan Kumar Adia |
| 43 | Hoshiarpur | Sunder Sham Arora |
| 44 | Chabbewal | Dr. Raj Kumar |
| 45 | Garhshankar | Lov Kumar Goldy |
| 46 | Banga | Satnam Singh Kainth |
| 47 | Nawan Shahr | Angad Singh |
| 48 | Balachaur | Darshan Lal |
| 49 | Anandpur Sahib | Kanwar Pal Singh |
| 50 | Rupnagar | Brinder Singh Dhillon |
| 51 | Chamkaur Sahib | Charanjit Singh Channi |
| 52 | Kharar | Jagmohan Singh Kang |
| 53 | S.A.S.Nagar | Balbir Singh Sidhu |
| 54 | Bassi Pathana | Gurpreet Singh |
| 55 | Fatehgarh Sahib | Kuljit Singh Nagra |
| 56 | Amloh | Randeep Singh |
| 57 | Khanna | Gurkirat Singh Kotli |
| 58 | Samrala | Amrik Singh Dhillon |
| 59 | Sahnewal | Satwinder Kaur Bitti |
| 60 | Ludhiana East | Sanjeev Talwar |
| 61 | Ludhiana South | Bhupinder Singh Sidhu |
| 62 | Atam Nagar | Kamal Jit Singh Karwal |
| 63 | Ludhiana Central | Surinder Kumar Dawar |
| 64 | Ludhiana West | Bharat Bhushan (Ashu) |
| 65 | Ludhiana North | Rakesh Pandey |
| 66 | Gill | Kuldeep Singh Vaid(Bulara) |
| 67 | Payal | Lakhvir Singh Lakha |
| 68 | Dakha | Major Singh Bhaini |
| 69 | Raikot | Amar Singh |
| 70 | Jagraon | Malkit Singh Dakha |
| 71 | Nihal Singh Wala | Rajwinder Kaur |
| 72 | Bhagha Purana | Darshan Singh Brar |
| 73 | Moga | Harjot Kamal Singh |
| 74 | Dharamkot | Sukhjit Singh |
| 75 | Zira | Kulbir Singh |
| 76 | Firozpur City | Parminder Singh Pinki |
| 77 | Firozpur Rural | Satkar Kaur |
| 78 | Guru Har Sahai | Gurmeet Singh Sodhi |
| 79 | Jalalabad | Ravneet Singh Bittu |
| 80 | Fazilka | Davinder Singh Ghubaya |
| 81 | Abohar | Sunil Jakhar |
| 82 | Balluana | Nathu Ram |
| 83 | Lambi | Amarinder Singh |
| 84 | Gidderbaha | Amrinder Singh Alias Raja Warring |
| 85 | Malout | Ajaib Singh Bhatti |
| 86 | Muktsar | Karan Kaur |
| 87 | Faridkot | Kusaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon |
| 88 | Kotkapura | Bhai Harnirpal Singh Kukku |
| 89 | Jaitu | Mohammad Sadique |
| 90 | Rampura Phul | Gurpreet Singh Kangar |
| 91 | Bhucho Mandi | Pritam Singh Kotbhai |
| 92 | Bathinda Urban | Manpreet Singh Badal |
| 93 | Bathinda Rural | Harvinder Singh Laddi |
| 94 | Talwandi Sabo | Khushbaz Singh Jatana |
| 95 | Maur | Harminder Singh Jassi |
| 96 | Mansa | Manoj Bala |
| 97 | Sardulgarh | Ajit Inder Singh |
| 98 | Budhlada | Ranjit Kaur Bhatti |
| 99 | Lehra | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal |
| 100 | Dirba | Ajaib Singh Ratolan |
| 101 | Sunam | Daaman Thind Bajwa |
| 102 | Bhadaur | Joginder Singh |
| 103 | Barnala | Kewal Singh Dhillon |
| 104 | Mehal Kalan | Harchand Kaur |
| 105 | Malerkotla | Razia Sultana |
| 106 | Amargarh | Surjit Singh Dhiman |
| 107 | Dhuri | Dalvir Singh Goldy |
| 108 | Sangrur | Vijay Inder Singla |
| 109 | Nabha | Sadhu Singh |
| 110 | Patiala Rural | Brahm Mohindra |
| 111 | Rajpura | Hardial Singh Kamboj |
| 112 | Dera Bassi | Deepinder Singh |
| 113 | Ghanaur | Thekedar Madan Lal Jalalpur |
| 114 | Sanour | Harinder Pal Singh Mann |
| 115 | Patiala | Amarinder Singh |
| 116 | Samana | Rajinder Singh |
| 117 | Shutrana | Nirmal Singh |
Congress CM Candidate from Punjab
Captain Amarinder Singh has been named as the congress chief ministerial candidate by the party vice president Rahul Gandhi in a rally in Amritsar. Amarinder Singh was initiated in the Congress by Rajiv Gandhi in 1980 and was first elected as the member of Parliament in 1980. However, he resigned from the Congrees and the parliament in a protest against the army action in the golden temple and joined Shiromani Akali Dal.
He went on to become Minister in the state government but due to some difference with Akali Dal left them and floated a group named Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic). It was merged with the Congress in 1998. He became president of Punjab Pradesh Congress committee two times from 1999 to 2002 and 2010 to 2013. He served as a chief minister of Punjab in 2002. In the last Lok Sabha elections held in 2014, he defeated senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley. Captain Amarinder Singh hails from the royal family of Patiala and has served Indian Army as well.
Punjab Congress Manifesto 2017
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released the Congress party's manifesto for the upcoming Punjab assembly elections in Delhi along with parallel releases in Chandigarh and five other cities in Punjab. He was accompanied at the event by state Congress chief Amarinder Singh besides Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and Ambika Soni. Singh said that the Congress manifesto pointed to a 'tremendous potential' of Punjab in terms of agriculture, manufacturing, services, infrastructure and social services.
He stated that the present SAD-BJP government in the state had failed to make adequate use of this potential. Praising the Congress' CM nominee Amarinder Singh, Manmohan Singh said that Punjab was in bad need of the latter's leadership in order to improve the fiscal situation and that his work is unrivalled in agriculture and manufacture. The Congress manifesto also promises farmers a loan waiver worth Rs 67,000 crore and a job to each of the 55 lakh households. Punjab Congress Vice President and former state Finance Minister Manpreet Badal said that ending the mafia alone would boost revenue generation manifold.
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