AAP announces 784 candidates for Punjab MC polls

AAP Punjab chief Aman Arora says the remaining candidates will be announced later on Wednesday

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, Updated At : 02:27 PM Dec 11, 2024 IST

The announcement was made by AAP Punjab chief Aman Arora and working president Amansher Singh Sherry Kalsi. Tribune file

With just a day left to file nomination papers, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday announced 784 candidates for the upcoming Municipal Corporation (MC) elections.

The announcement was made by AAP Punjab chief Aman Arora and working president Amansher Singh Sherry Kalsi. The party is supposed to announce candidates for 977 wards of five municipal corporations and 44 municipal councils.

Arora said the remaining candidates will be announced later on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Congress on Tuesday released its first list of 63 candidates for the civic body polls. The party fielded mostly new faces. However, the distribution of ticket has sparked a row within the Congress with senior leaders and former MLAs Bains brothers at loggerheads as both are seeking ticket for their own confidants.

Elections to five municipal corporations -- Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Phagwara -- and 44 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Punjab would be held on December 21.

The process of filing nominations started on December 9 and the last date is December 12. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on December 13 and the last date for the withdrawal of nominations is December 14.