Five cabinet ministers, comedian & Congress turncoat among AAP's 8 LS candidates for Punjab

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Chandigarh: Five cabinet ministers, a popular comedian, and a Congress turncoat figure in the Aam Aadmi Partys list of eight Lok Sabha candidates from Punjab...

Sitting AAP MP Sushil Kumar Rinku and Gurpreet Singh G.P., a Congress turncoat who joined the party barely a week ago, are the remaining two candidates...

Agriculture minister and sitting MLA from Lambi, Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, is candidate from Bathinda.A former Congressman, Khuddian joined the AAP in July 2021..

The former Union minister had defeated Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and AAPs Baljinder Kaur in 2019..

Sangrur is currently held by Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) head Simranjit Singh Maan, who won the Lok Sabha bypoll in 2022 after Mann vacated the seat on becoming the chief minister..

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