SAD has scored over Congress and AAP in fielding the maximum number of civil servants in the forthcoming Punjab election. On Tuesday, SAD announced Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu as the party's candidate from Mohali. Sidhu, 59, a former army officer, was selected to the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) in 1989. He was elevated to the IAS in 2012 and was allotted the 2004 batch. Sidhu remained the Mohali deputy commissioner for around three years from early 2013 to February 2016 and is the son-in-law of senior Akali leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.
IAS officer Kuldeep Singh Vaid, 56, who was Deputy Commissioner of Moga until a month ago, will contest on Congress ticket from Gill in Ludhiana. Even Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded ex-IPS, PPS and PCS officers.
Darbara Singh Guru, a former principal secretary to CM Badal, who faced a humiliating defeat last time, is again in the fray from Bassi Pathana constituency. SAD has pitched former army chief General JJ Singh (retd) against Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh. Amarinder hasn't lost an election from the Patiala (urban) seat since 2002.
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By IndianMandarins - 2017-01-07 11:12:48
SAD has scored over Congress and AAP in fielding the maximum number of civil servants in the forthcoming Punjab election. On Tuesday, SAD announced Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu as the party's candidate from Mohali. Sidhu, 59, a former army officer, was selected to the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) in 1989. He was elevated to the IAS in 2012 and was allotted the 2004 batch. Sidhu remained the Mohali deputy commissioner for around three years from early 2013 to February 2016 and is the son-in-law of senior Akali leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.
IAS officer Kuldeep Singh Vaid, 56, who was Deputy Commissioner of Moga until a month ago, will contest on Congress ticket from Gill in Ludhiana. Even Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded ex-IPS, PPS and PCS officers.
Darbara Singh Guru, a former principal secretary to CM Badal, who faced a humiliating defeat last time, is again in the fray from Bassi Pathana constituency. SAD has pitched former army chief General JJ Singh (retd) against Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh. Amarinder hasn't lost an election from the Patiala (urban) seat since 2002.
