BJP announces first list of 34 candidates for Punjab assembly polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (January 21) released the first list of 34 candidates for the Punjab Assembly Elections. The Punjab BJP in-charge Dushyant Gautam presided over the conference and announced the names of the candidates.

Out of the 34 names in the first list of the saffron party, tickets have been given to 12 candidates who belong to farmers'



families, 8 tickets to members from the Scheduled Castes and 13 tickets have been distributed to Sikh members.

The list consists of names of doctors, lawyers, sportspersons, farmers, youth, women and former civil servants.

Punjab, which is witnessing a high-octane neck to neck competition amid political parties is set to go polls on February 20.