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Key names in Punjab polls

Last updated on - Jan 11, 2017, 18:20 IST
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Parkash Singh Badal

The serving chief minister of the state will contest the polls from his traditional constituency of Lambi, a constituency he won in 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2012. (TOI photo)
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Sukhbir Singh Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) president and deputy chief minister of the state, Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced that he'll contest from his current constituency Jalalabad, where he won in 2009 by-election and then in 2012. (TOI photo: Balish Ahuja)
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Captain Amarinder Singh

The president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee has called the 2017 polls as his last election. He has time and again challenged Arvind Kejriwal to participate in a public debate with him. (TOI photo: Pritam Thakur)
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Navjot Singh Sidhu

The former BJP MP could contest assembly elections from Amritsar, his wife indicated, adding that he will soon join Congress. There was a lot of speculation over which party he would join after he resigned from the BJP. (TOI photo: Sanjeev Rastogi)
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Manpreet Singh Badal

A former state finance minister and a member of the Badal clan, he broke away from the Badal family and floated his own People’s Party of Punjab (PPP). The PPP has tied up with the Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) and the Left parties for the 2017 state polls. (TOI photo:Deep Kumar)
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Bhagwant Mann

While releasing its first list of 19 candidates, AAP named Bhagwant Mann as its head of campaign committee for Punjab Assembly polls. He is facing a probe for breaching security protocol at the Parliament with a 12-minute video. (TOI photo: Sanjeev Rastogi)
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Jarnail Singh

Jarnail Singh has been fielded by AAP to take on Punjab CM from Lambi in the assembly polls. He recently became an eligible voter from Punjab, after resigning from his Delhi Assembly seat. (TOI photo: Dinesh Bhardwaj)

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