The Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday announced the names of three more candidates for the single phase Lok Sabha election in Punjab on May 19. SAD president Sukhbir Badal said Prem Singh Chandumajra has been fielded from Anandpur Sahib, Surjit Singh Rakhra from Patiala and former bureaucrat Darbara Singh Guru from the Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary seat. Out of a total 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, the Akali Dal will contest on 10 seats and BJP three. The party had earlier cleared the names of Bibi Jagir Kaur and Charanjit Singh Atwal from Khadoor Sahib and Jalandhar seats respectively. People now feel cheated as he has gone back on his promises.”He said the people were keen to teach the Congress government a lesson by defeating it in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Source: The Hindu April 01, 2019 17:40 UTC