Five cabinet ministers are among the eight candidates the Aam Aadmi Party has fielded for the Punjab Lok Sabha election. The list was released on Thursday.

Laljit Singh Bhullar from Khadoor Sahib, Gurmeet Singh Khudian from Bathinda, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Sangrur, and Balbir Singh from Patiala have all been fielded as cabinet ministers.

Jalandhar MP Sushil Rinku has been fielded from the same seat.

The party named Gurpreet Singh GP its candidate from Fatehgarh Sahib. Singh, a former Congress MLA from Bassi Pathana, had recently joined the AAP.

Punjab minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer will fight for the Sangrur seat, a constituency previously represented by the now Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann.

Gurpreet Singh GP, a former Congress MLA from Bassi Pathana, had recently joined the AAP.

Punjabi actor Karamjeet Anmol has been fielded from Faridkot.

“I am deeply thankful to my idol and political guru Arvind Kejriwal ji and honourable CM Bhagwant Mann ji for entrusting me with the task of contesting Lok Sabha election from Patiala,” said Dr Balbir Singh after the party declared him as a candidate from Patiala Lok Sabha seat.