Chandigarh, April 24, 2019 (Yes Punjab News)
Following is the list of Congress candidates announced for Lok Sabha Polls 2019 in Punjab and UT Chandigarh.
Amritsar – Gurjit Singh Aujla
(sitting MP – won Amritsar bye-poll after resignation of Capt Amarinder Singh)
Anandpur Sahib – Manish Tewari
(A former Union Minister, Spokesman of AICC and a former MP from Ludhiana)
Bathinda – Amarinder Singh Raja Warring
(Congress MLA from Gidderbaha and former President of Indian Youth Congress)
Fatehgarh Sahib (R) Dr. Amar Singh
(a former IAS officer)
Faridkot – Mohammad Sadiq
(A noted Punjabi singer and a former Congress MLA)
Ferozepur – Sher Singh Ghubaya
(Former SAD leader, SAD MLA from Jalalabad and SAD MP from Ferozepur who fell apart with Badals and joined Congress ahead of LS Polls 2019 in the presence of Rahul Gandhi.)
Gurdaspur – Sunil Jakhar
(President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and sitting MP from Gurdaspur. Won during a bye-poll after the death of former Gurdaspur MP and cine star Vinod Khanna)
Hoshiarpur (R) – Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal
(Sitting Congress MLA from Chabbewal (R) constituency.)
Jalandhar (R) – Santokh Singh Chaudhary
(Sitting MP from Jalandhar, a former MLA from Phillaur (R) constituency)
Khadoor Sahib – Jasbir Singh Dimpa
(An ex-MLA from Beas constituency, a former president of Punjab Youth Congress and a former General Secretary of Indian Youth Congress)
Ludhiana – Ravneet Singh Bittu
(Sitting MP from Ludhiana, former MP Anandpur Sahib and a former president of Punjab Youth Congress)
Patiala – Preneet Kaur
(former Union Minister and former MP from Patiala, a former MLA from Patiala (Urban). She is the wife of Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh)
Sangrur – Kewal Singh Dhillon
(A former MLA and Vice President of Punjab Congress)
