Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ne Punjab Assembly elections ke liye apni pehli list jari kar di hai. Party ne 40 candidates ke naam announce kiye hain. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ko unke current Dhuri constituency se hi ticket diya gaya hai, jabki jailed party leader Sanjeev Arora ko Ludhiana West seat se nominee banaya gaya hai. Arora currently Gurugram ki Bhondsi Jail mein Enforcement Directorate (ED) case ke sambandh mein band hain.

First list mein Kultar Singh Sandhwan (Kotkapura), Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal (Ajnala), Baljinder Kaur (Talwandi Sabo), Amansher Singh Shery Kalsi (Batala) aur Labh Singh Ugoke (Bhadaur) jaise prominent naam shamil hain.

Ye announcement party ki Friday ko hui meeting ke baad aayi hai. Meeting mein national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann aur Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia shamil hue. State unit chief Aman Arora aur Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema virtually juday. Kई names discuss hone ke baad shortlisted candidates ko party ki Political Affairs Committee (PAC) ke paas final approval ke liye bheja gaya.

Bhagwant Mann ne pehle kaha tha ki party candidates select karte waqt public feedback aur sitting MLAs ke performance ko consider karegi. Unhone ishara diya tha ki AAP pichhle paanch saal ki Punjab government ke kaam ke basis par votes maangegi — jisme electricity, water supply, education, healthcare, infrastructure aur roads key areas hain.

Is beech, CM Bhagwant Mann ne opposition BJP aur Congress par aarop lagaya ki dono parties ek "friendly match" khel rahi hain taaki unhe power se hataya ja sake. Jalandhar district ki Nakodar constituency ke Sarinh village mein Lok Milni programme ko address karte hue Mann ne kaha ki opposition parties welfare schemes band karne ki dhamki de rahi hain. Unhone allegation lagaya ki pichhli governments ne public funds ka misuse kiya. Mann ne kaha unki government taxpayers ke paise ko public welfare par kharch karne aur administration ko corruption-free rakhne ke liye committed hai.

Short Mein: AAP ne Punjab polls ke liye 40 candidates ki pehli list jari ki; Bhagwant Mann Dhuri se, jailed Sanjeev Arora Ludhiana West se; Mann ne BJP-Congress par "friendly match" ka aarop bhi lagaya.