Bathinda, September 14
As many as nine candidates of Punjabi origin are in the fray for Manitoba provinical polls in Canada for which the polling is scheduled to be held on October 3 for all 57 constituencies.
In the final list, Progressive Conservative Party (PC) has fielded Navraz Brar from Burrows, Sumit Chawla from The Maples, Kirt Hayer from St. Boniface and Paramjit Shahi from Fort Richmond.
While, New Democratic Party (NDP) has fielded sitting MLA Diljeet Brar from Burrows, Jasdeep Devgan from Mc Phillips and sitting MLA Mintu Brar from The Maples. Another punjabi Manjit Kaur Gill is contesting from Waverley on Green party ticket and Amarjit Singh has been contested as independent from Southdale.