Capt: One ticket per family norm not for LS elections
Wednesday, 24/08/2016
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Chandigarh : In a relief for MPs whose family members are keen to contest the Vidhan Sabha elections, PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh today clarified that the rule was restricted to the Assembly elections only.
“If there is an MP from a family, it will not affect the chances of a deserving family member for the Assembly ticket,” he said.
He said almost one-third of the ticket seekers were youths in the age group of 25 to 45. Among the youth applicants, 57 have applied through the Youth Congress and the remaining directly. As many as 116 women have applied for the party ticket, one applicant per seat.
Amarinder said of 1,661 applicants, 1,025 had applied from the general category and 636 reserved category. All sitting MLAs, except Preneet Kaur and Charanjit Kaur Bajwa, have applied for the party ticket from their respective constituencies.
Despite the “one family one ticket” norm, many senior leaders and their family members have applied. They include senior leader Lal Singh and his son, former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and her son-in-law, and Samrala MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon and his two family members.
