LS polls: BJP announces 3 more candidates in Punjab; fields Parampal Kaur from Bathinda

The BJP on Tuesday came out with its second list of three candidates in Punjab for the Lok Sabha polls, replacing Union Minister Som Parkash with his wife from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat.

The party fielded Anita Som Parkash from the Hoshiarpur reserve parliamentary constituency, according to the list of candidates. Anita thanked the party leadership for entrusting her with the responsibility.

The BJP won the seat in the 2014 and 2019 polls. The party’s Vijay Sampla had won it in 2014 while Som Parkash had defeated Congress nominee Raj Kumar Chabbewal in 2019.