AAP releases 2nd candidates list, Many new faces included

AAP had given tickets to several workers who had been associated with the party for a long time, while many new candidates had also been identified

AAP releases 2nd candidates list, Many new faces included: Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) on Thursday announced its second list of 31 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. Earlier the party has declared candidates for 71 of 117 Assembly constituencies so far. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said several new faces have been given an opportunity for upcoming election.

The announcement was issued by AAP National Secretary Pankaj Kr Gupta on Thursday(November 12). The party had announced its first list of 40 nominees on October 31. Of the 31 candidates, 12 had contested the 2022 Assembly elections. Six on AAP tickets and six from other parties.

Announcing the list after a meeting of the party’s Political Affairs Committee, Mann said discussions were held on public feedback and preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections. He said AAP had given tickets to several workers who had been associated with the party for a long time, while many new candidates had also been identified.

‘Here, neither recommendations nor requests work. We have identified volunteers who have been working hard for the party. Several new candidates have also been given an opportunity,’ Mann said.

With the candidates’ list announced, the contestants would now get more time to reach out to voters and take the party’s policies and programmes to people ahead of the elections, he said.

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