Punjab Elections 2022 | BJP to contest on 65 seats, Captain Amarinder's party on 37

The BJP in Punjab will contest on 65 assembly seats, Captain Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress on 37 seats and the SAD (Sanyukt) on 17 seats, BJP chief JP Nadda announced on Monday.

Hailing Punjab as a 'leader', especially in defence and food security of the country, he said, 'Today Punjab needs special attention, it needs a double engine government and a better coordination between the Centre and the state.'

Nadda announced the seat sharing agreement at a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of Punjab Lok Congress supremo Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)'s Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.

Nadda said Punjab is a border state and security is a very important issue as far as assembly elections are concerned.

Election to the 117-member Punjab assembly is scheduled for February 20.

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