EC receives application seeking registration of Punjab Lok Congress: Sources

The Election Commission has received an application from a body seeking to register itself as a political party named 'Punjab Lok Congress', sources said. Captain Amarinder Singh had earlier announced the same as the name for the party he intends to launch.

The Election Commission has received an application from an association seeking to register itself as a political party with the name of Punjab Lok Congress, sources said on Monday.

This comes days after former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh resigned from the Congress and announced that he would launch a political party under that name.