Summary:
Chandigarh, Jan 27 (PTI) The BJP fielded two Congress turncoats and its former Union minister Vijay Sampla for next month’s Punjab Assembly polls as it released its second list of 27 candidates on Thursday.
The BJP is contesting the polls in alliance with former chief minister Amarinder Singh"s Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).
The BJP will fielding its candidates on 65 seats according to the seat-sharing arrangement with its allies.
On Thursday, The BJP gave tickets to two sitting MLAs Fatehjang Singh Bajwa and Harjot Kamal, who had recently quit the Congress and joined the party.
Qadian MLA Bajwa will be contesting this time from Batala.
The Congress has fielded his elder brother Partap Singh Bajwa from Qadian.