Brar calls for consensus candidate Amritsar ByPoll
Chandigarh, January 13, 2017: All India Trinamool Congress released its second list of 10 candidates from Punjab today at a press conference held in Chandigarh. In his interaction with the press Jagmeet Singh Brar confirmed that a third list can be expected soon and that the Trinamool Congress may field candidates on up to 40 seats. He also floated the concept of a 'consensus candidate' for the Amritsar Lok Sabha ByPolll and said "The TMC will be releasing another list of candidates very shortly and in the coming days we are also hopeful of developing a consensus among all parties to put up a joint consensus candidate against the NDA in Amritsar so it may be seen as a referendum on Modi's notebandi"
He said the TMC will campaign on 5 core issues - Rise of Crime & Drug Menace, Punjab's Agrarian Crisis, the SYL Water Dispute, Social Justice & Unemployment and Modi's dictatorial demonetization. Prominent candidates in the list include Gurkimat Sidhu who resigned as Gen Secy of the Youth Congress and AAP's founder members/former office bearers Tarandeep Sunny and Baljit Singh Talwandi-Rama. TMC has also announced Sandeep Singh Rapalon from Payal (SC) as its candidate after Lok Chetna Lehar extended its unconditional support to the Trinamool Congress.