On Thursday, Punjab Trinamool Congress President, Mr. Jagmeet Singh Brar announced the first list with five candidates to compete in State Assembly Elections on February 4, 2017.
Former State Minister Harbans Lal will compete from Fatehgarh Sahib, Begum Parveen Nusrat from Malerkotla, Former MLA Vijay Sathi from Moga, Manpreet Kaur Brar Rajeana from Baghapurana and Giriraj from Balluana.
Jagmeet Singh Brar did not confirm how many seats the TMC would contest. He said there are 117 Assembly seats in Punjab and in the coming days we will declare more names. He said that TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will expedition for the party candidates in the coming days in the state.
Aam Aadmi Party Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal has backed out of the pre-poll alliance talks with the TMC. TMC President, Jagmeet Singh Brar said we patiently tried till the last minute for the alliance to happen but it is unlucky that Kejriwal has deserted Mamata Banerjee and clearly buckled under the stress of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vindictive attacks on Trinamool. He said AAP has abandoned a common platform for short term gain.
