Aam Aadmi Party Includes Several Prominent Sikh Faces in First List of 19 Candidates

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—In its first rundown of competitors discharged before today, August 4, the Aam Aadmi Party (Punjab) has incorporated a few new names, alongside unmistakable Sikh appearances.

Out of the 19, Gurvinder Singh Shampura has been declared as applicant from Fatehgarh Churian. Shampura remained SGPC part for a long time. Shampura had challenged 2006 SGPC races against Avtar Singh Makkar and lost by an edge of 106 votes. He was ousted from Akali Dal in November 2006 by Parkash Badal for damaging gathering discipline.HS Phoolka's name has not come as an astonishment to anybody. He challenged races in 2014 and came near his rival Ravneet Bittu. He will now challenge MLA races from Dakha, likely against Akali follower Manpreet Ayali.

Harjot Singh Bains is another conspicuous Sikh name. Bains is President of AAP Youth Wing-Punjab, he will challenge from Sahnewal. Bains was in the spotlight in May 2016 when alongside a few thousand AAP activists started a challenge outside Punjab Chief Minister's home in Chandigarh. He was mercilessly focused by the police.

Himmat Singh Shergill will challenge from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali). He is a noticeable Sikh dissident who has done a great deal of work for Sikh agriculturists in Gujarat. Kultar Singh Sandhwa is additionally a very much regarded identity from Kotkapura. He is known for his welfare to disease patients as individual from the Bhai Ghaniya Cancer Roko Seva sanstha.

Different hopefuls included Santokh Singh Salana from Bassi Pathana, Amarjeet Singh from Ropar, Jasvir Singh Sekhon from Dhuri, Gurpreet Singh Lapran from Payal, Gurdit Singh Sekhon from Faridkot, Samarbir Singh Sidhu from Fazilka, Inderbir Singh Nijjer from Amritsar Sahib (South), Sajjan Singh Cheema, previous Capt. Indian Basketball Team from Sultanpur Lodhi, Jagdeep Singh Brar from Sri Muktsar Sahib.

In the interim, Vijay Sampla (Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in India) has asserted that AAP's national convener Arvind Kejriwal was offering tickets for up and coming get together surveys in Punjab. He has made the case in the magazine 'Kamal Suneha', which is legitimate magazine of Punjab unit of BJP. In its article, Vijay Sampla has raised charges on AAP for getting extensive payments for giving tickets. In any case, greater part of names uncovered today are of normal Punjabis. These claims don't remain constant in the event that one experiences the rundown. Nonetheless, it is critical here that comparable claims were likewise leveled by Health Minister of Punjab, Surjit Kumar Jyani in a capacity at Fazilka where around two dozen AAP activists had joined BJPin June.