Summary:
Chandigarh, Jan 27 (PTI) Congress MLA from Nawanshahr Angad Saini on Thursday said his allegiance to the party cannot not be doubted and defection of his wife to BJP is inconsequential to his loyalty to his constituents.
Saini is seeking re-nomination from Nanwanshahr assembly constituency, from where Congress is yet announce a candidate.
There are eight seats in all where the party is yet to declare candidates for the February 20 Punjab assembly polls.
It has already declared 109 candidates out of the total 117 assembly segments.
Saini"s wife Aditi Singh - whom he married in 2019 -- is an MLA from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.
she had joined the BJP after quitting the Congress last year.