Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) to contest all 13 LS seats in Punjab

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Press Trust of India Batala
Last Updated : Apr 02 2014 | 5:25 PM IST
The Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) today said it would contest all the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and announced names of 10 contestants for the ensuing polls.
Subhash Goriya will contest from Jalandhar seat, Darshan Singh from Ludhiana and Om Karan from Bathinda, Punjab Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) chief Yog Raj Sharma said.
Navneet Kapur will enter the race from Firozepur Lok Sabha seat, Harish Singla from Patiala, Sukhdev Sandhu from Amritsar and Yog Raj Sharma from Gurdaspur, he said.
The remaining three party contestants are Mangat Manga (Faridkot), Jaswinder Singh Tohra (Hoshiarpur) and Ashwani Kuku (Khadoor Sahib), Sharma said.
Candidates for three more Parliamentary seats in the state will be announced on April four, he said.
The Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) will release its election manifesto on April 9, Sharma said.
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First Published: Apr 02 2014 | 5:25 PM IST

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