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AAP nominates Balbir Singh Seechewal, Vikramjit Singh Sahni for Rajya Sabha from Punjab
The Rajya Sabha term of Ambika Soni from Congress and Balwinder Singh Bhunder from Shiromani Akali Dal will expire on July 4.
Updated : May 28, 2022, 05:04 PM IST | Edited by : Vaibhav Tiwari
 "The goodwill of both personalities towards environment and culture will be helpful to Punjab, AAP tweeted.")
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Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party has nominated Balbir Singh Seechewal and Vikramjit Singh Sahni for Rajya Sabha from Punjab, the party said in a tweet. "Environmentalist and social activist Padma Shri Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal Ji, Padma Shri Vikramjit Singh Sahni Ji, for their services to Punjabi culture, have been nominated to represent Punjab in the Rajya Sabha. The goodwill of both personalities towards environment and culture will be helpful to Punjab," AAP Punjab tweeted in Gurmukhi.
Balbir Singh Seechewal is a renowned river conservation activist and was named 'hero of environment' by the TIME magazine. Vikramjit Sahney is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. Both are Padma Shri awardees.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann congratulated the leaders on Twitter. "I am very happy to inform you that the Aam Aadmi Party is nominating two Padma Shri Award winning personalities as members of Rajya Sabha. My best wishes to both of you," he tweeted.
Delhi chief minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal congratulated the two leaders and said they will enrich debates in Rajya Sabha with their vast experience. He said they will strongly raise issues of the common man in the upper house of parliament.
My congratulations and best wishes to both of them. With their vast experience, they will enrich RS debates and also strongly raise issues affecting common man in Rajya Sabha. https://t.co/ElQHW5TKl5
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 28, 2022
The Rajya Sabha term of Ambika Soni from Congress and Balwinder Singh Bhunder from Shiromani Akali Dal will expire on July 4.
The last date for filing nomination is May 3. The election will take place on June 10 and the counting will take place on the same day. Since AAP scored a landslide victory in Punjab earlier this year, the election of the two candidates is a foregone conclusion.
