Punjab Elections 2022: Congress Releases 2nd List Of 23 Candidates, Ex CM's Kin Fielded

Congress List Of Candidates: The sitting MLAs of Ferozepur Rural, Samrala, Amargarh, and Shutrana seats were denied tickets. Check complete second list of Congress candidates for Punjab Elections.

Congress leaders of Punjab | (File Photo/ Getty Images)

Congress party has released its second list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Punjab Assembly election. The grand old party has now announced candidates for 109 seats out of 117. 

Former Congress CM Harcharan Singh Brar's daughter-in-law Karan Brar has been given a ticket from Muktsar. Rajinder Kaur Bhathal's son-in-law Vikram Bajwa also got the ticket from the Sahnewal assembly constituency.

The sitting MLAs of Ferozepur Rural, Samrala, Amargarh, and Shutrana seats were denied tickets. 

Moreover, Congress is yet to announce its candidate from Patiala Urban, against Capt. Amarinder Singh, the former CM. 

Here is the list of 23 Congress candidates for the Punjab Election 2022:

Ashu Bangar, the former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader has also been given a ticket from the Ferozepur Rural constituency.

The voting in Punjab will take place in one phase on February 20 (Monday). The date of the election was changed from February 14 to 20 as a lot of people from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community, about 32% of the population of Punjab, usually visit Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to celebrate Guru Ravidas Birth Anniversary. Devotees from Punjab will visit Varanasi from February 10 to 16 to celebrate Guru Ravidas Birth Anniversary.

The counting of votes will take place on March 10, 2022 (Thursday).

Punjab Legislative Assembly Schedule:

1.      Date of Notification: 25th January 2022 (Tuesday)

2.      Last date of Nomination: 1st February 2022 (Tuesday)

3.      Date of Scrutiny: 2nd February 2022 (Wednesday)

4.      Date of Withdrawal: 4th February 2022 (Friday)

5.      Date of Poll: 20th February 2022 (Sunday).