Ludhiana: Lok Insaf Party (lips) on Tuesday night released a list of 24 candidates for the election of Punjab assembly February 20, even when the Ludhiana Court had begun the process to declare the party’s president, Simarjit Singh Bains, Proklambli (PO).
Simarjit will compete from Atam Nagar, from where he is MLA who serves.
The court has asked Simarjit to appear before February 11 or he will be declared PO.
While the police failed to track, Simarjit, who was ordered in a rape case, had campaigned throughout Ludhiana.
Simarjit’s Elder Brother, Balwinder Singh Bains, will contest from Ludhiana South, a shape where MLA sat too.
Other Lip Candidates include Randhir Singh Sivia from Ludhiana North, Gagandeep Singh Sunny Kainth from Ludhiana Gill, Gurjodh Singh Gill from Ludhiana East, Gurmet Singh Mundian from Sahnewal, Jagdeep Singh Majri from Payal, Harjinder Singh Brar from Bagha Singh, Sukhdev Singh from Nihal Singh Wala, Singh Chauhan Bikar from Dirba, Sodhi Ram from Chabewal, Vijay Tranity from Batala, Jaswinder Singh Rikhi from Dhuri, Advate Savtantardeep Singh from Dera Baba Nanak, Amrik Singh Varpal from Tarn Taran, Jagdev Singh from Bassi Pathana, Rohit Kumar from a sign, Manjeet Singh Meha from Sardulgarh, Dharamjit Bony from Muktsar, Rajveer Singh Pakhoke from Khadoor Sahib, Jagjeet Singh from Dharamkot, and Mohammad Anwar from Malerkotla.
Lip Leader Balwinder Bains said, “This is the first list and the party can release the second too.” He indicated that the party had not entered the alliance with anyone.
The lip source said the party was in talks with BJP, but nothing was realized when the party was offered five seats, including three of the Ludhiana districts and one from Tarn Taran.