On Friday, all five Punjab Rajya Sabha candidates who were elected without opposition on Thursday received their certificates.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 92 of the 117 Assembly seats in Punjab, making it a clean sweep. The landslide victory means that the AAP has a good chance of winning all five Rajya Sabha seats up for grabs in the upcoming biennial elections. Notably, the deadline for filing nominees was March 21.
Harbhajan Singh, a former cricketer, senior party leader Raghav Chadha, IIT professor Sandeep Pathak, educationist Ashok Kumar Mittal, and industrialist Sanjeev Arora were among the nominees. As of yet, none of them are facing any opposition.
According to Information and Public Relations Department, Punjab, four candidates received their certificate themselves, while former cricketer turned politician Harbhajan Singh’s certificate was received by his authorised representative Gulzar Inder Chahal.
Earlier in the morning, the certificate was handed over to Sanjeev Arora by the Punjab Chief Electoral Officer-cum-Observer Dr S Karuna Raju and Returning Officer-cum-Secretary of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Surinder Pal.
Sandeep Kumar Pathak, accompanied by Cabinet Ministers Harpal Singh Cheema and Lal Chand Kataruchak, was given certificate by Secretary Surinder Pal.
In the evening, Raghav Chadha, representative of Harbhajan Singh and Ashok Mittal received their certificates.
The ANI reported that after this victory, Mr Chadha said, “All 5 candidates of AAP have been elected unopposed. We pray God to give us strength to meet expectations of party and raise the issues of Punjab.”
The Chenab Times News Desk