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State has a high population of Dalit Christians. Floated by the Pentecostal Church and headed by a Jalandhar Diocese member, United People Party enjoys the support of all church denominations.
Sources say the BJP may field ex-DCP Rajinder Singh, who joined the party Saturday, for Jalandhar bypoll as it has been looking to make law and order its plank
The AB Vajpayee government allowed 59 short-duration discussions on issues of urgent public importance in Lok Sabha between 1999 and 2004 but the Narendra Modi dispensation steered only six such debates in the current Lower House in the past three-and-a-half years.
"Despite our differences with BJP over farm laws, issue of release of imprisoned Sikhs, and others, we have decided to back their candidate," said party president Sukhbir Badal after the party's core committee meeting in Chandigarh.