Punjab assembly polls: Three nominations filed on Day 1 in Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: On the first day of filing nominations in Punjab's Ludhiana, three candidates and two covering candidates filed the nominations from different constituencies on Tuesday.
Till the filing of the news, two nominations were filed for the Dakha constituency while the third one was for the Gill constituency.
For the Dakha seat, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate and current MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali and Devinder Singh of Aam Lok Party United put forth their names.On Ayali’s behalf, his brother Harkinder Singh filed nomination as the covering candidate. From the Gill constituency, SAD’s Darshan Singh Shivalik filed the nomination, while his wife Paramjit Kaur Shivalik filed her nomination as a covering candidate.
Meanwhile, district election officer-cum-deputy commissioner of Ludhiana, Varinder Kumar Sharma, briefed the 6 election expenditure observers on Tuesday about the arrangements made by the administration for expenditure monitoring during assembly polls.
Detailed coverageDuring a virtual meeting with the election expenditure observers Avijit Mishra IRS (for assembly constituencies 57-Khanna and 67-Payal), Abhijit Kundu IRS (58-Samrala and 59-Sahnewal), Rajesh Kumar IRS (60-Ludhiana East, 61-Ludhiana South and 65-Ludhiana North), Saroj Kumar Behera IRS (62-Atam Nagar, 63-Ludhiana Central and 64-Ludhiana West), Swati Shahi IP&TAFS (66- Gill and 68- Dakha) and Alka Gautam IRS (for assembly constituencies 69-Raikot and 70-Jagraon) through video conferencing, Sharma said that the district administration is fully committed for holding free, fair and transparent assembly polls in the district.