The Congress on Tuesday fielded former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal from the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s wife and former Union Minister Preneet Kaur from Patiala for the upcoming parliamentary polls. Mr. Bansal had to quit as the Railway Minister in the UPA government after his nephew was found accepting bribe for appointments in the railways. The Opposition party has fielded former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay from Ranchi in Jharkhand. In Himachal Pradesh, the party cleared the name of Pawan Kajal from the Kangra Lok Sabha seat. In Hoshiarpur, the party fielded Raj Kumar Chhabbewal.

Source: The Hindu April 02, 2019 20:32 UTC