Chandigarh/Jalandhar, Oct. 16 -- Ahead of the state assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday appointed Deepak Bali as the halqa in-charge of the Jalandhar Cantonment assembly segment, signalling its plan to pit him against Punjab Congress chief and sitting MLA Pargat Singh in the upcoming state assembly elections. AAP's Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia and state president Aman Arora announced Bali's new responsibility in the segment that has elected former Indian hockey captain thrice to the Vidhan Sabha. Bali, an adviser to the Punjab Heritage and Tourism Promotion Board, is considered close to the central leadership of the party. He has replaced Rajwinder Kaur Thiara, who was earlier removed as chairperson of the Jalandhar Improvement Trust. Bali has been active in organising the state government's religious and cultural programmes, particularly 'Ek Shaam Bhagwan Shiv Ke Naam.' In May last year, Bali was appointed as the party's state general secretary. In the 2022 elections, AAP candidate Surinder Singh Sodhi had lost to Pargat by around 5,800 votes....