Punjab Assembly polls 2022: 13 Sikhs, 12 farmers in BJP’s first list of 34 candidates

Updated Jan 21, 2022 | 18:12 IST

Addressing a press conference, Tarun Chugh, BJP national general secretary said that tickets have been given to 12 candidates who belong to farmers’ families, eight tickets have been given to members of the SC community, 13 tickets to Sikhs.

BJP reses first list for Punjab Assembly elections 2022&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspANI

Chandigarh: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday, announced the first list of 34 candidates for the Punjab Assembly elections 2022- Punjab BJP in-charge Dushyant Gautam said.

Addressing a press conference, Tarun Chugh, BJP national general secretary said that tickets have been given to 12 candidates who belong to farmers’ families, eight tickets have been given to members of the SC community, 13 tickets to Sikhs. “The list has doctors, lawyers, sportspersons, farmers, youth, women & former IAS,” he added.

Candidates in BJP’s first list for Punjab Assembly elections 2022:

Dinesh Singh Babbu – Sujanpur

Renu Kashyap – Dina Nagar (SC)

Baljinder Singh Dakoha – Hargobindpur (SC)

Sukhwinder Singh Pintu – Amritsar North

Navreet Singh Safipur – Tarn Taran

Ranjit Singh Khojewala- Kapurthala

Mahinder Pal Bhagat – Jalandhar West

Manoranjan Kalia – Jalandhar Central

Krishna Dev Bhandari – Jalandhar North

Jangilal Mahajan – Mukerian

Raghunath Rana – Dasuya

Tikshan Sood – Hoshiarpur

Dilbag Rai – Chabbewal

Namisha Mehta- Gadhshankar

Mohan Lal Banga – Banga

Ashok Baath – Balachaur

Didar Singh Bhatti – Fatehgarh Sahib

Kanwarveer Singh Tohra – Amloh

Gurpreet Singh Bhatti – Khanna

Gurdev Sharma – Ludhiana Central

Adv Bikram Singh Siddhu – Ludhiana West

SR Laddhar – Gill

Kanwar Narendra Singh- Jagraon

Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi – Ferozepur City

Puran Chand- Jalalabad

Surjit Kumar Jiyani – Fazilka

Arun Narang – Abohar

Rajesh Phatela – Muktsar

Gaurav Kakkar – Faridkot

Rupinder Singh Sidhu – Bhucho Mandi

Ravipreet Sidhu – Talwandi Sabo

Jagjit Singh Milkha – Sardulgarh

Arvind Khanna – Sangrur

Sanjeev Khanna-  Dera Bassi

Punjab goes to the polls on February 20. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.