NEW DELHI, Nov 12: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released its second list of 31 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly election, taking the total number of announced candidates to 71.
The list, released by AAP national secretary Pankaj Kumar Gupta, named Rohit Sial from Pathankot and Raman Behl from Gurdaspur. Karamjit Singh Rintu will contest from Amritsar North, while Nitin Kohli was named from Jalandhar Central.
Vaneet Dhir was named from Jalandhar North and Deepak Balik from Jalandhar Cantonment. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer will contest from Barnala and Gopal Singh from Bathinda Rural.
Other candidates included advocate Harsimran Singh from Bholath, Davinder Pal Singh Rana from Kapurthala, Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal from Phagwara, Pawan Kumar Tinu from Adampur and Balbir Singh Pala Jalalpur from Shahkot.
AAP had released its first list of 40 candidates on October 31. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was named as the party's candidate from Dhuri in that list.
The party's Political Affairs Committee discussed candidate selection before the second list was released. Punjab has 117 Assembly seats.
