AAP names 40 candidates for Punjab’s 2027 election

The Aam Aadmi Party announced its first list of 40 candidates for Punjab’s 2027 Assembly election, naming Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to contest from Dhuri. The party’s Political Affairs Committee approved the slate, which covers constituencies across Punjab’s Malwa, Majha and Doaba regions. The election is due in early 2027. Mann said the party had selected candidates after considering public surveys and feedback, and that announcing nominees early would give them time to seek voters’ support. He also said AAP planned to field new faces in a subsequent list. The slate includes Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan from Kotkapura, former minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala, and former minister Bram Shanker Sharma Jimpa from Hoshiarpur. It also names Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar for Amritsar South and Aman Sher Singh for Batala. Four women are included: Inderjit Kaur Mann from Nakodar, Dr Amandeep Kaur Arora from Moga, Santosh Kataria from Balachaur and Baljinder Kaur from Talwandi Sabo. Reports differ over the constituency assigned to Sanjeev Arora, a jailed former minister. Most accounts of the list name him for Ludhiana West, while one report identifies...