Former Akali leader Jagtar Singh Rajala, 50, has got the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket for the Punjab assembly elections from Samana, from where he was once elected as a state legislator in 1997. A Gurcharan Singh Tohra loyalist, Rajala had joined the Congress in 2011, and later moved to the AAP in 2015. He joined the AAP in January this year and is currently working as the convener of party’s RTI wing. FROM FIGHTING FOR JOB TO FIGHTING POLLSFrom the Bhadaur reserved seat, unemployed linemen union president Parimal Singh, 27, will be fighting the assembly polls on the AAP ticket. STUDENT LEADER TO RAISE YOUTH’S VOICEA student union leader, Meet Heyar, 27, has been given the ticket from Barnala, from where Punjab’s ‘richest candidate’ Kewal Singh Dhillon has won twice on the Congress ticket.

Source: Hindustan Times October 08, 2016 09:56 UTC