Congress Chandigarh Candidate: Pawan Kumar Bansal
Congress Chandigarh Candidate: Pawan Kumar Bansal The Congress party on Tuesday named Pawan Kumar Bansal to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Chandigarh constituency for the eighth time. The party released a list of 20 candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha Polls in which Congress has again reposed its faith in Pawan Kumar Bansal. Also Read: National Girl Child Day' Celebrations held in Chandigarh The decision was taken at a meeting of the Central Election Committee chaired by Congress President, Rahul Gandhi, in Delhi. The decision was later communicated to Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday evening. Besides him, Manish Tiwari and Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu were in the race. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced Harmohan Dhawan as its candidate from Chandigarh. The BJP is yet to announce the name of its candidate. Also Read: National Girl Child Day' Celebrations held in Chandigarh Pawan Bansal, a lawyer-turned politician, had to resign as the Railway Minister in 2013 after his nephew was arrested in the alleged railway bribery scam. Pawan Kumar Bansal has studied at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, Government College, Chandigarh, and the Department of Laws, Panjab University. Also Read: No pleasantries exchanged as PM, Rahul attend Parl attack anniversary event He started his political career from the Youth Congress and was the general secretary of the Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress from 1976 to 1978. He was also appointed as the President of the Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress in 1982. Later, he remained President of the Punjab Youth Congress in 1982-83. - PTC NEWS
