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New Delhi : A Central Election Committee meeting of the Congress party was held at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
The meeting, chaired by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Sonia Gandhi was held to finalise candidates for the remaining Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and other states.
Senior Congress leaders of Punjab were present in this meeting.
Polling for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab will take place in the last phase on June 1.
Congress, which is going solo in general elections in the state, has fielded Gurjeet Singh Aujla from the Amritsar seat, Amar Singh from Fathgarh Sahib, Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu from Bhatinda, Sukhpal Singh Khaira from Sangrur and Dharamvir Gandhi from the Patiala seat
Former CM Charanjit Singh Channi has been fielded from the Jalandhar parliamentary constituency.
Aam Aadmi Party and Congress are contesting the election in Punjab separately despite being in alliance in other states.
Earlier, AAP announced four candidates for Punjab.
Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar will contest from Ferozpur, Amansher Singh from Gurdaspur. Pawan Kumar Tinu has been fielded from Jalandhar, and Ashok Parashar Pappi from Ludhiana.
