Congress's Khadoor Sahib candidate Kulbir Zira files nomination

Kulbir Singh Zira, Congress's face for the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat in Punjab filed his nomination papers on Thursday in Tarn Taran district. 

 

Former MLA Zira was accompanied by his family members when he filed his papers.

 

The nomination process for the Lok Sabha polls in Punjab began on Tuesday. It will continue till May 14 while the scrutiny of papers will take place on May 15 and the last date for the withdrawal of nominations is May 17.

 

From Khadoor Sahib's seat, Zira will face AAP's Laljit Singh Bhullar, BJP candidate Manjit Singh Manna Mianwind, radical preacher Amritpal Singh, and SAD's Virsa Singh Valtoha. 

 

The Lok Sabha elections in Punjab are scheduled for June 1, the seventh and last phase of the polls.