Announcing the names six more candidates and changing the nominees for four seats for the Punjab Polls, a Congress statement said that Ranjit Singh will fight from Bholath in place of Gurwinder Singh Atwal while Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary will replace Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary Phillaur (SC).
Navjot Singh Sidhu will fight from Amritsar East, while Amrinder Singh will contest from Lambi, the Congress said in a statement.
Amarinder will also contest from his traditional Patiala urban seat.
It said that Jagbir Singh Brar will contest from Nakodar while Avtar Singh Sanghera (junior) will replace Rajkumar Gupta in Jalandhar North.
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