Som Prakash gets Phagwara seat; Tarun Chugh to fight from Amritsar Central
Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife, Dr Navjot Sidhu, will be the BJP candidate for the Amritsar East seat. A doctor with more than 20 years of experience, she was convinced by the BJP top brass to enter the poll arena. Dr Navjot was reportedly unwilling to quit her government job.
The BJP announced the candidature of Som Prakash from Phagwara, dropping former minister Swarna Ram. Som Prakash, a retired IAS officer, had contested the last parliamentary poll from Hoshiarpur and lost.
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