Punjab Congress Running Behind Schedule to Announce Candidates

AAP announced its first list in August, SAD announced its list on 16 November and Congress is struggling to keep up.

Punjab’s main opposition Congress party has missed its own deadline for announcing candidates for the assembly elections in the state, six months before the polls.

Rival and ruling party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the new challenger, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have taken the lead in doing so.

Punjab Congress president and former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh stated in December last year that he would press for the announcement of candidates to be made at least six months before the polls.