Bhagwant Mann set for Dhuri re-election as AAP fields 40 sitting MLAs for Punjab polls
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- ✓The Aam Aadmi Party announced its first list of candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections on Saturday.
- ✓Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will contest from Dhuri again.
- ✓The party renominated 40 sitting MLAs for the polls.
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In its first list of candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections announced on Saturday, the Aam Aadmi Party renominated 40 sitting MLAs from their respective constituencies, with chief minister Bhagwant Mann again contesting from Dhuri.
AAP is the first major political party that declared its candidates for the state Assembly polls due early next year.
An announcement with regard to the first list of candidates was made by Chief Minister Mann in Delhi, following a meeting of the party's Political Affairs Committee (PAC).
Mann, a first-time MLA, has been fielded from the Dhuri constituency in Sangrur district, as per the list.
Besides Mann, the first list of candidates had a mention of jailed Cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora. Arora is in jail in connection with an alleged GST fraud-linked money laundering case involving certain entities linked to him.
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