Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) may release its second list of candidates for Punjab today. A meeting is scheduled for this evening in Delhi, which Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is also expected to attend. It is believed that decisions regarding the assembly constituencies and the candidacies of various ministers may be finalized during this meeting. The second list is expected to include the names of approximately 15 candidates.
Previously, the party had released its first list of 40 candidates, in which Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was named as the candidate for the Dhuri assembly constituency. Most of the incumbent MLAs were renominated in that first list.
One MLA declines to contest the election
Laljit Singh Bhullar, the Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Patti, has announced that he will not contest the upcoming assembly election. He is currently in jail.
Laljit Singh Bhullar was accused of abetment to suicide in connection with the death of Dr. Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the Amritsar District Manager (DM) of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, who died by suicide in March 2026. Following this incident, and acting on the instructions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Bhullar resigned from his ministerial position. He was subsequently arrested on March 23, 2026.
Minister currently in jail also received a ticket in the first list
The first list released by the AAP included several senior leaders and incumbent MLAs. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was named as the candidate for Dhuri, Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan for Kotkapura, Deputy Speaker Jai Krishan Singh Rouri for Garhshankar, Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora for Ludhiana West, and the party’s working president, Amansher Singh ‘Shery Kalsi’, for Batala. Among the former ministers, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was given a ticket for Ajnala, Brahm Shankar Jimpa for Hoshiarpur, Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar for Amritsar South, Balkar Singh for Kartarpur, and Kulwant Singh for Mohali.
Among the female candidates, Baljinder Kaur was fielded from Talwandi Sabo, Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora from Moga, Inderjit Kaur Mann from Nakodar, and Santosh Kataria from Balachaur. Additionally, Labh Singh Ugoke was named as the candidate for Bhadaur, Ajitpal Singh Kohli for Patiala, Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy for Jalalabad, and Harmeet Singh Sandhu for Tarn Taran.