More than 17 per cent polling was recorded till 11 am in the bypoll to the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday.Voting for a four-cornered electoral began at 8 am, with the AAP, Congress, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal vying to outdo each other in the Dalit stronghold.
The bypoll on Wednesday was necessitated with the death of Congress MP Santokh Chaudhary due to a heart attack while taking part in the Punjab leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra of party leader Rahul Gandhi in January.The Congress, with which the seat remained undefeated since 1999, has fielded Chaudhary’s widow Karamjit Kaur as the candidate, while the AAP has given the ticket to Congress turncoat and former legislator Sushil Rinku.
While the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party (SAD-BSP) combine has fielded Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi, the BJP has given the ticket to Akali turncoat and former legislator Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal.
Meanwhile, Baba Bakala AAP MLA Dalvir Singh Tong was reportedly gheraoed by Shahkot Congress MLA Hardev Laddi sometime back. His car was blocked from all sides. Police was called in and he was handed over to them. Allegations by Congress and SAD that outsiders setting up booths for Jalandhar bypoll. Video recordings, tiffs reported from Phillaur, Shahkot, Adampur.Congress MLA Pargat Singh goes live on FB with similar allegations against AAP.
