In a big development, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has reportedly nominated former India spinner Harbhajan Singh as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Punjab. Notably, Monday (March 21) is the last day for filing the nominations. Meanwhile, the party has also nominated Delhi Jal Board Vice Chairman Raghav Chadha and IIT professor Dr Sandeep Pathak for the Upper House of Parliament.
AAP won the recent Punjab elections, with Bhagwant Mann taking the oath as the Chief Minister of the state. Aam Aadmi Party had won 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly, defeating the Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, and the BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-SAD (Sanyukt) alliance.
3 Confirmed Rajya Sabha nominations from Punjab by @AamAadmiParty:
1) Cricketer Harbhajan Singh @harbhajan_singh
2) Raghav Chadha @raghav_chadha
3) Prof Sandeep PathakTwo more names both from Punjab will be announced in half hour..
— Ankit Tyagi (@Ankit_Tyagi01) March 21, 2022
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“Congratulations to @AamAadmiParty and My friend #BhagwantMann on Becoming our New Chief minister .. great to hear that he will be taking oath as the new CM in Bhagat Singh’s village Khatkarkalan…what a picture…this is a proud moment for Mata Ji,” his tweet read.
Congratulations to @AamAadmiParty and My friend #BhagwantMann on Becoming our New Chief minister .. great to hear that he will be taking oath as the new CM in Bhagat Singh's village Khatkarkalan, 🙏 what a picture…this is a proud moment for Mata ji 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/k46DNr6Pjz
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 10, 2022
