On the penultimate of filing of nominations in Punjab, 150 nominations filed throughout the state and with these the total number of nominations touches 236. Tomorrow being public holiday on account of Ram Naumi, there will be no nominations and the last day of nominations was April 9.Disclosing this here today, Mr. Supreet Singh Gulati, Additional CEO informed that today prominent amongst those who filed their nominations included Mr. Arun Jaitely, Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Mrs. Preneet Kaur, Mrs. Ambika Soni, Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, Manpreet Singh Badal, Manpreet Singh Ayali,Ravneet Singh Bittu , Mohinder Singh Kaypee, Prem Singh Chandumajra and Bhagwant Mann.
He said that in Bathinda parliamentary constituency today 13 nomination were filed which included Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal SAD having covering candidate Mr. Bikram Singh, Navneet from Shiv Sena, Geeta Ranni from Akhil Bhartiya Shiv Sena Rashtrawadi, Gurcharan Singh Independent, Manpreet Singh Badal INC having Gurdas Singh as covering candidate, Gurdeep Singh Indian Krantikari Lehar, Kartar Singh Independent, Bhagwant Singh CPI (ML), Jagdish Rai Sharma Nav Bharat Democratic Party and Rajinder Singh SAD (A). Besides that, in Faridkot Joginder Singh (INC), his covering candidate Mrs. Krishan Kaur (INC), Prof. Sadhu Singh (AAP), Mrs. Reena Kumari, Democratic Party of India(A), Mrs. Paramjit Kaur Gulshan (SAD), her covering candidate Nirmal Singh (SAD), Seetal Singh (Independent), Darshan Singh (SAD-Amritsar) and his covering candidate Mrs. Jaswinder Kaur (SAD-Amritsar), in Gurdaspur Sukhwinder Singh (BSP) and his covering candidate Kulwant Singh (BSP), Sucha Singh (AAP), Gurmeet Singh (CPI/ML) and Varinder Singh (CPI), in Sangrur Bhagwant Mann (AAP), Harinder Kumar ( Independent), Madan Bhatti (BSP), his covering candidate Dhanna Singh, Joginder Singh ( CPI/M) and Mahmood Ahmed Thind (Indian Union Muslim League ) , in Khadoor Sahib Ranjit Singh (SAD), Balwant Singh ( BSP-Ambedkar), Balwinder Singh ( CPI/ML New Democracy), Simranjit Singh Mann (SAD-Amritsar), Gurnam Singh( Independent) and Mahinder Singh ( Independent), in Fatehgarh Sahib Kulwant Singh (SAD), his covering candidate Manpreet Singh, Sadhu Singh ( INC) , His covering Candidate Gurpreet Singh, Dharam Singh ( SAD-ASR), Nirmal Singh ( Nationalist Congress Party) and Lachman Singh (Independent) , in Ludhiana Simarjeet Singh (Independent), Balwinder Singh (Independent), Manpreet Singh Ayali (SAD), his covering candidate Harbir Singh, Ravneet Singh (INC), his covering candidate Gurkirat Singh, Navpreet Singh Bedi (Independent), Harvinder Singh Phoolka (AAP) and Navjot Singh Mandair ( BSP), in Amritsar Arun Jaitely (BJP), Yousuf Mohammed (SP), Kanwaljit Singh (Democratic Party of India), Rehmat Masih (Independent), Bal Krishan Sharma ( Independent), Buta Singh ( BSP-Ambedkar), Rattan Singh Randhawa ( CPM Punjab), Amarjit Singh ( Bharti Communist party), Balbir Singh Bharti (Bhartiya Gaon Taj Dal), in Hoshiarpur Anoop Singh ( Independent), Yamini Gomar (AAP), Shamsher Singh ( SAD-ASR), Davinder Singh ( Independent), Vijay Sampla (BJP), his covering Sudesh Sampla, Mohinder Singh Kaypee(INC), his covering Mrs Suman Kaypee, Bhagwant Singh Chauhan (BSP), his covering Gurlal, Anu Kumar ( Independent) and Rahul Paul ( Independent), in Anandpur Sahib Prem Singh (SAD), his covering Mrs. Balwinder Kaur , Daljit Singh ( Independent),Harcharn Singh ( Independent), Faqir Chand ( Independent), Jaswant Singh Mann ( Independent) and Ambika Soni (INC), in Ferozepur Sher Singh(SAD), his covering Krishna Rani, Ram Kumar (BSP), Sampuran Singh ( Independent), Punjab Singh ( Independent) and Shesh Karan ( Independent) , in Jalandhar Paramjit Kumar ( Bahujan Mukti Party ), Subash Goria( Shiv Sena), Vijay Kumar & Darshan (both Independents), Santokh Singh Chaudhary (INC),is covering candidate Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, Sukhvinder Singh (BSP), Tarsem Peter(CPI/ML New Democracy), Love Kishore and Manjit Kaur (Independent) and Tara Singh (BSP/A), in Patiala Preneet Kaur (Congress), her covering candidate Raninder Singh, Amrik Singh ( New All India Congress Party), Dharmvira (AAP), Bhim Singh and Ranjit Singh (Independent), Mohinder Pal Singh ( SAD/A), Deepinder Singh Dhillon (SAD) and Ranjit Kaur( Bhartiya Gaon Taj Dal) have filed their nominations. Additional CEO Mr. B. Purushartha said that after the enforcement of Model Code of Conduct total 104 KG heroine has been seized worth Rs. 500 crore against the seizure of 23.5 kg in Assembly elections 2012. Besides that 13129 Kg Poppy husk and Opium 56.5 Kg, Drug Powder 25.64 Kg have also been seized by the Static Surveillance Teams and Flying Squads. He further said that 1,28,374 Litre illicit liquor and 2,13,445 litre country made have also been recovered by the excise department.