Parminder will face sitting MP and Aam Aadmi Party state president Bhagwant Mann, who had defeated Dhindsa Sr in the 2014 polls, while the Congress is yet to announce its candidate. The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday announced former finance minister and Lehra MLA Parminder Singh Dhindsa as its candidate from Sangrur, a month after he reportedly expressed his reluctance to contest the election. He has taken the plunge against his father Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa’s advice not to contest the Lok Sabha polls as the “atmosphere is not right”. Parminder will face sitting MP and Aam Aadmi Party state president Bhagwant Mann, who had defeated Dhindsa Sr in the 2014 polls, while the Congress is yet to announce its candidate. Rajya Sabha MP Dhindsa Sr had quit all party in September 2018 as he was not happy with the functioning of the party. He had openly held SAD president Sukhbir Badal responsible for the turmoil in the party and even demanded his resignation. Parminder, a fiv...