Jalandhar: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has announced its first possible Brahmin candidate in Punjab for the upcoming Assembly elections It announced the appointment of Sushil Kumar ‘Pinky’ Sharma as ‘constituency in-charge’ from Dasuya. Sharma was a member of the State Executive Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party.BJP) and only three days ago he joined BSP in Mukerian.
In-charge of state party affairs on Friday Randhir Singh Beniwal Sharma from Dasuya and Gurmel Singh GK from Ludhiana North. The latter comes from the religious Sikh community. Ludhiana North has a mixed population of Adidharmi/Ravidasia and Valmiki/Majhabi community among Dalits and their candidature party has tried to strike an overall caste balance, as most of its candidates from reserved seats are from Adidharmi/Ravidasia community.
Pinky Sharma joined the BSP on 14 September after resigning from the BJP. This is the second seat in Hoshiarpur district in which the BSP has included a leader of another party and announced its possible candidature. Earlier, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Lakhwinder Singh Lakhi was inducted into the BSP and announced the party’s candidate from Tanda Urmur seat.
In-charge of state party affairs on Friday Randhir Singh Beniwal Sharma from Dasuya and Gurmel Singh GK from Ludhiana North. The latter comes from the religious Sikh community. Ludhiana North has a mixed population of Adidharmi/Ravidasia and Valmiki/Majhabi community among Dalits and their candidature party has tried to strike an overall caste balance, as most of its candidates from reserved seats are from Adidharmi/Ravidasia community.
Pinky Sharma joined the BSP on 14 September after resigning from the BJP. This is the second seat in Hoshiarpur district in which the BSP has included a leader of another party and announced its possible candidature. Earlier, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Lakhwinder Singh Lakhi was inducted into the BSP and announced the party’s candidate from Tanda Urmur seat.
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