The seat fell vacant following the death of Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary due to a cardiac arrest during his party s Bharat Jodo Yatra in January
If free power is being seen as something which may steady the AAP boat, the allegations by a Scheduled Caste boy may spoil its prospects given that over 40 per cent voters in this parliamentary constituency are SCs
A curtain raiser to 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Jalandhar by-polls would not only decide the fate of AAP, Congress, BJP and the SAD-BSP alliance, but also the tone of campaigns that lie ahead.