Punjab polls: Navjot Kaur Sidhu to bat for BJP

With Punjab assembly polls nearing, the BJP has fielded Navjot Kaur Sidhu to bat for the party in Amritsar (East) Assembly constituency. Navjot will be contesting the elections for the first time.

Navjot, a medical practitioner by profession, is wife of the cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu who represents Amritsar in the Lok Sabha for the saffron party.

The BJP also announced the candidature of former IAS officer Som Parkash from Phagwara and Tarun Chugh from Amritsar Central. The party had announced 19 candidates earlier.

Out of total 117 seats in Punjab, the BJP is contesting from 23 seats in alliance with the Akali Dal. The party has won 19 out of 23 seats it contested in 2007.