Akali Dal fielded 21 candidates for the primary time for Punjab elections

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An ex-serviceman of the Indian Army, who drove a truck filled with ammunition from his unit in Kanpur to Kargil in 1999. A political activist who was named Vinerjeet by his mother and father. He is among the many 21 first-time Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidates introduced by get together president Sukhbir Singh Badal for the Punjab Assembly elections to be held in early 2022.

Sukhbir has to this point introduced 91 candidates for the upcoming elections The Akali Dal will contest the elections in alliance with the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). The Akali Dal and the BSP will contest 97 and 20 seats, respectively, for the 117-member Punjab Assembly.

Of the 25 new faces introduced by the SAD to this point, 21 will contest the meeting elections for the primary time. This signifies that greater than 27 p.c of the get together’s candidates might be new candidates.

Most of the first-time candidates come from households which have been with the Akali Dal as a part of its rank and file.

Sukhbir Badal interacting with businessmen and industrialists on the Maryland Palace in Ludhiana. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh, 28/11/2021)

Akali candidate Baldev Singh Manuke from Nihal Singh Wala is one in all them, who hails from village Maunke in Moga district. Baldev mentioned his household has been related to the SAD for a very long time.

Baldev, 63, a former soldier, retired as a constable in 2003 and was fielded by the SAD from a Scheduled Caste-reserved constituency.

“My family was associated with the Akali Dal for years. Whose contemporary was my father Jarnail Singh? [Akali patriarch] Parkash Singh Badal I am the first person from my family to contest the assembly elections,” mentioned Baldev, earlier than his promotion as a constable. He “loaded a truckload of ammunition from 11 Sikh Light Infantry Base in Kanpur in 1999 to Kargil, the place He had served.

Sukhbir Badal throughout a gathering at Maur Mandi in Bathinda. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh, 19/11/2021)

Another first time Akali candidate is Vinerjit Singh, who will contest from Sangrur. 46-year-old Vinerjeet has a level in mechanical engineering and an MBA.

He mentioned he has been related to the Akali Dal for 25 years and had served because the director of Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) and vice-chairman of Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) through the earlier SAD-led authorities. These had been political appointments.

“During my tenure because the vice-chairman of PRTC, dues of Rs 150 crore had been paid to the workers and 550 new buses had been added to the fleet. The day by day receipts of PRTC elevated from Rs 65 lakh in 2015 to Rs 1.25 crore by March 2017.

Vinerjeet, who was appointed because the vice-president of Yuva Akali Dal (YAD) in 2004-05, YAD core committee member in 2011 and SAD working committee member final yr, mentioned his father and grandfather had been additionally related to the Akali Dal.

Some different faces are Akali candidate Rajnbir Singh from Sri Hargobindpur. He had resigned from the Punjab Fisheries Department in 2018 to work for SAD.

Advocate Satnam Singh Rahi, SAD candidate from Bhadaur in Barnala district, can be going to contest elections for the primary time. His grandfather Giani Gurbaksh Singh Rahi was a freedom fighter and an government member of SGPC. His father Harpal Inder Singh Rahi was the vice-president of Akali Dal.

Jasdeep Kaur has been given Akali Dal ticket from Khanna. Her husband, SAD chief Yadwinder Singh Yadu, had 14 FIRs registered in opposition to him in a number of felony circumstances. He moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court for permission to contest the elections, however his plea was rejected, after which the ticket was given to his spouse, who might be contesting for the primary time.

Gurdwara Dukhnivaran Sahib Ludhiana President Preetpal Singh is contesting for the primary time from Ludhiana Central constituency and one other Shiromani Akali Dal. Recently, Ludhiana Police had registered a case in opposition to him for hurting the emotions of a neighborhood by uttering some objectionable phrases.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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