Chandigarh, 28 March:
President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and Lok Sabha member Simranjit Singh Mann while addressing at Press Club Chandigarh today informed the media that his party will contest Lok Sabha elections from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir.
He has released the list of the first 7 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections today. According to which the party president from Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency. Simranjit Singh Mann, Professor Mahinderpal Singh from Patiala, Amritpal Singh Chandra from Ludhiana, Baldev Singh Gagra from Faridkot, Engineer S. from Sri Anandpur Sahib. Kusalpal Singh Mann, Harjit Singh Virak from Karnal and Khajan Singh from Kuruksetar will be candidates. He said that the Lok Sabha elections will be fought on the issues of protecting the rights of farmers, labourers, minorities and Dalits, equal health and educational facilities for common people and smooth state administration. He said that this time the people will defeat the candidates of the pro-Delhi parties and send the candidates who stand with the interest of the people to the Lok Sabha.
He said that the quota committee of the party will soon announce all the candidates through the second list. On this occasion, senior party leaders Dr. Harjinder Singh Jakhu, Gopal Singh Sidhu, Kusalpal Singh Mann, Prof. Mahinderpal Singh, Advocate Simranjit Singh, Gurjant Singh Kattu, Manmohan Singh Chandigarh, Gurpreet Singh Chandigarh, Balkar Singh Bhullar, Baldev Singh Gagra etc. were present.