BJP candidates for Punjab to be declared soon: Arun Jaitley

AMRITSAR: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said candidates for the 23 seats BJP will contest in Punjab in alliance with the Akalis would be declared in three to four days.

BJP is yet to announce its candidates for Punjab polls. Its ally SAD has announced candidates on 93 of the 94 seats it will contest out of the total 117 constituencies in Punjab.

Jaitely said BJP will field best candidates and he hoped that the SAD-BJP combine would form government for the third consecutive time in the state.

Jaitley was in Amritsar to address BJP's 'Vijay Sankalp Yatra', which concluded today.

Asked about talks of former BJP lawmaker from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu joining Congress, he refused to comment.