Punjab elections 2022: Captain Amarinder Singh announces first list of 22 candidates
India TV NewsHighlights Amarinder Singh announces first list of his party Punjab Lok Congress candidates PLC allotted 37 to contest out of the 117 seats as part of its alliance with BJP Of the 37 seats in the PLC kitty, the maximum of 26 is from the Malwa region of the state Former chief minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday announced the first list of his party Punjab Lok Congress candidates from 22 constituencies for the February 20 state assembly elections, with ex-captain of Indian hockey team Ajit Pal Singh entering the fray from Nakodar. The first list of candidates from the Doaba region includes Amandeep Singh alias Gora Gill, former Punjab Congress spokesperson, for Bholath. Prem Mittal, a SAD ex-MLA from Mansa and former Senior Deputy Mayor of Ludhiana, will contest from Atamnagar, while Damanjeet Singh Mohi, an active Youth Congress functionary who has formerly been Sarpanch, Zila Parishad member and Chairman of Market Committee Mullanpur, will fight from the Dakha seat, said the statement. Among other candidates, the Sanaur seat will be contested by Bikramjit Inder Singh Chahal, son of Amarinder Singh's close associate and advisor BIS Chahal, with the Samana candidature going to Surinder Singh Kherki, Secretary, PPCC and former Member of Panchayat Samiti.