Congress's Harjinder Singh Thekedar seeks ticket from Amritsar for Lok Sabha polls
Congress's Harjinder Singh Thekedar seeks ticket from Amritsar for Lok Sabha polls
Congress former Member of Legislative (MLA) Assembly from Amritsar (South) Harjinder Singh Thekedar on Wedensday staked claim to the party's ticket from Amritsar in Punjab for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Congress's Harjinder Singh Thekedar seeks ticket from Amritsar for Lok Sabha polls[/caption]
Harjinder Singh Thekedar submitted his application at the Punjab Congress office in Chandigarh here.
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Congress's Harjinder Singh Thekedar seeks ticket from Amritsar for Lok Sabha polls[/caption]
He successfully contested MLA election in 2002 from Amritsar (South ). He defeated Independent candidate Raminder Singh Bolaria by a margin of 4000 votes. However, he lost to Raminder Singh Bolaria by a margin of 24,000 votes in 2007 assembly elections.
