Capt Amarinder to contest from Patiala

Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh announced that he would contest from Patiala seat in the 2022 Assembly elections. “I will fight elections from Patiala only,” he posted on his 'Punjab Da Captain' Facebook page. “Patiala has been with us for the last 400 years and I will not leave it for the sake of (Navjot) Sidhu,” he added. The Patiala Assembly seat has been the family bastion of the former chief minister. He had represented the seat four times - 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017. Amarinder had resigned as MLA in 2014 after being elected from the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat. His wife Preneet Kaur then contested from Patiala and represented the seat for three years.