Punjab Assembly polls: AAP releases second list of candidates

CHANDIGARH The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday (November 12, 2026) released its second list of thirty one candidates in Punjab for the upcoming Assembly election, due in early 2027. Two sitting AAP Lok Sabha MPs will enter the fray: Raj Kumar Chabbewal from Phagwara and Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Barnala. The names were finalised after detailed deliberations with all members at a marathon meeting of the party’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC), chaired by AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, said a party statement.

The AAP has replaced Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian with his nephew Randhir Singh Dhira in Lambi. The party has also brought new faces as it replaced sitting MLAs in six other constituencies. The party has made Karamjit Singh Rintu as its candidate from Amritsar North, following its sitting MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap’s recent resignation.

In Jalandhar Central, Nitin Kohli has been named in place of Raman Arora and in Bathinda, Gopal Singh replaces Amit Rattan.