Congress leader Sunil Jakhar wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by huge margin

Oct 15, 2017, 15:43 IST

CHANDIGARH: Congress leader Sunil Jakhar has won the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll by 1,93,219 votes. Polling for the election necessitated by the demise of BJP leader and sitting MP from Gurdaspur Vinod Khanna was held on October 11.

Though the election began in form of a triangular fight between Jakhar, Swarn Salaria of SAD-BJP and AAP’s Maj Gen (Retd) Suresh Khajuria, Congress gained ground by putting up a united face. SAD suffered a big setback when its key leader Sucha Singh Langah was booked in a rape case. AAP’s campaign failed to gather steam.

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, who had endorsed Jakhar’s nomination for the party ticket, has already posted a series of tweets expecting a win going by the trends. “The Gurdaspur by-election marks another major step in the revival of @INCIndia, it’s clear that party is on upswing ahead of 2019 LS polls”.

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