In Punjab, Congress has appointed special observers on 8 Lok Sabha seats late on Monday evening, so that they can work for better coordination and management of the elections. Party leader Manickam Tagore has been appointed as Patiala, Girish Chodankar as Jalandhar, Jitu Patwari as Hoshiarpur, Mallu Bhatti as Vikrammark as Faridkot, KJ George as Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Jalandhar, Nitin Raut as Firozpur and Sunil Kedar as Special Inspector of Fatehgarh Sahib. .
A statement issued by Congress National General Secretary KC Venugopal said that the Congress President has approved the proposal to appoint special observers in addition to the already appointed observers for parliamentary constituencies in Punjab to ensure better coordination and management of the Lok Sabha elections. Has given. After which Congress is appointing special observers on some big seats of Punjab.
In the last phase of elections, voting will be held on 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab on June 1. Unlike Delhi, there is no alliance between AAP and Congress in Punjab. Both parties are contesting elections separately in Punjab. Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C on Sunday said candidates contesting on 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab have been allotted election symbols by the district election authorities as per the instructions of the Election Commission of India. He said that out of total 328 candidates, 169 are independent candidates.