GG News Bureau
Chandigarh, 4th March. Just days before the results of the assembly elections are to be declared, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday held a meeting of 73 party candidates who contested the Punjab Assembly elections,
The assembly elections were held on February 20 and the poll results will be announced on March 10.
The BJP contested the elections in alliance with the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) and the Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).
At the meeting, party leaders led by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat took feedback from the party candidates regarding the polls.
Gajendra Singh interacted with the candidates and sought information about their poll-related experience, said a party statement.
He said it was for the first time that the Bharatiya Janata Party contested the elections on 73 Assembly seats, adding that it has been a very pleasant experience.
He claimed that people have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
BJP’s national vice-president Saudan Singh, national general secretary Dushyant Gautam and Union Minister Som Prakash were also present.
Prominent among the BJP candidates were Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, Fatehjang Bajwa and Arvind Khanna.
The BJP used to contest on 23 seats when it had a tie-up with the Shiromani Akali Dal. But the SAD had broken its ties with the saffron party in 2020 over the farm laws.
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