Punjab elections: RD Sharma is Shiromani Akali Dal’s Ludhiana North candidate

With this, the SAD has announced 84 of its 97 candidates, while ally BSP is fighting the remaining 20 seats

Published on: Nov 24, 2021, 16:07:22 IST

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Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday announced RD Sharma as the SAD candidate from Ludhiana (North) constituency for the 2022 assembly elections. With the announcement, the SAD has announced a total of 84 candidates.

Shiromani Akali Dal’s Ludhiana North candidate RD Sharma had left the BJP to join the SAD in August along with former minister Anil Joshi. (HT Photo)

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Sharma, a three-time councillor from Ludhiana has also remained the deputy mayor of city’s municipal corporation. At present, his mother is the councillor from the ward that Sharma represented. He joined the SAD after quitting the BJP along with former minister Anil Joshi in August.

After severing a two-decade-old alliance with the BJP, the SAD has entered into a pre-poll arrangement with the Bahujan Samaj Party, giving them 20 seats to contest in the Punjab elections. The SAD will contest 97 of the 117 assembly seats.

On Tuesday, the SAD had swapped the Ludhiana (North) seat with alliance partner BSP along with Mohali and in place it has gave Raikot and Dinanagar to its ally.