The bypolls will be held in Jalandhar parliamentary constituency in Punjab and Assembly constituencies of 07-Jharsuguda, Odisha, 395-Chhanbey and 34-Suar, Uttar Pradesh and 23-Sohiong, Meghalaya to be held on May 10.
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP on Friday following he was held guilty and awarded two-year jail sentence by a Surat court in a 2019 defamation case over his “Modi surname” remarks. The court granted bail to Gandhi and allowed him to appeal to a higher court in a month.