The Sangrur bypoll recorded a 37 per cent voter turnout on Thursday. It was a cause of concern for the Punjab CM, who also requested the Election Commission to extend the polling time.
Punjab Government has declared a local holiday on June 23 in Government Offices, Boards/Corporations and Government Educational Institutions located in district Barnala, Sangrur and 105-Malerkotla Assembly constituency of district Malerkotla due to voting on this day for Sangrur Lok Sabha by-election.
With an aim to retain its bastion, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday deputed six ministers for the election campaign in Sangrur. The move came as BJP-backed candidate Kewal Singh Dhillon and Akali Dal candidate Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana have been aggressively campaigning for the byelection to the Lok Sabha
Former Ajnala MLA and SAD leader Amarpal Singh Bony Ajnala’s picture on social media with the Jagmohan Singh Raju, bureaucrat-turned-politician who unsuccessfully fought against SAD senior leader Bikram Majithia and former Congress state president Navjot Sidhu from Amritsar East in the recentl
In the recent past, Congress leaders including a prominent Dalit face Raj Kumar Verka along with other senior leaders namely Balbir Singh Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Sunder Sham Arora joined the BJP in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.