Chandigarh (Aaj Samaj).In the by-elections held in four Punjab assembly seats, the AAP has once again raised its flag by winning three seats. While the Congress occupied one seat. While the BJP had to face defeat in all four seats. The wives of two deputies and a former Minister of Finance had to face defeat in these elections. The AAP leaders are ecstatic after the victory in the by-elections.
Among them, Dr Ishank Kumar won from Chabbewal in Hoshiarpur district, Gurdeep Singh Randhawa from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district and Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon won from Giddadbaha seat. While Congress’s Kuldeep Singh Kala Dhillon won from Barnala. This seat was the stronghold of Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, who became MP from Sangrur. Gurtim Singh Meet Hayer had been MLA from this seat for two consecutive terms. The wives of two Congress representatives had to face defeat in these elections. Jatinder Kaur, wife of Gurdaspur MP, was defeated by Gurdeep Singh Randhawa in Dera Baba Nanak.
While in Giddadbaha, Amrita Vading, wife of Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Vading, was defeated by Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon. In Chabbewal, AAP’s Ishank Kumar defeated Congress’s Ranjit Kumar by 28,690 votes. This is the biggest victory among the four seats. Ishank is the son of Dr Rajkumar Chabbewal, MP from Hoshiarpur Loksabha seat.
The AAP suffered losses due to the Gurdeep Bath rebellion after the distribution of tickets in the Barnala seat. Bath contested the election as an independent after failing to secure the ticket. He got 16,899 votes in the elections, while the AAP candidate’s margin of defeat was about two thousand votes. Kuldeep Singh Kala Dhillon of the Congress won from here, who got 28,245 votes. AAP’s Harinder Singh Dhaliwal, who came second, got 26,097 votes, while BJP’s Kewal Singh Dhillon got 17,958 votes.
The BJP suffered a setback in all four seats in the by-elections. She couldn’t even come second in any seat. Two-time Finance Minister Manpreet Badal came third from the Gidderbaha seat. Only Dhillon, who was a two-time MLA from Barnala, lost. He came third. The BJP lagged far behind in Dera Baba Nanak and Chabbewal.
In the year 2022, out of these four seats, Congress won 3 seats and AAP won one. However, Barnala MLA Gurmeet Meet Hayer won the Lok Sabha elections from Sangrur. Similarly, Raja Vading, who won from Giddadabaha, Ludhiana and Sukhjinder Randhawa, who won from Dera Baba Nanak, became MPs after winning the Gurdaspur elections. Chabbewal MLA Dr Rajkumar Chabbewal had won from the Congress, but before the Lok Sabha elections, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party, after which he became MP from Hoshiarpur.
Punjab CM Agwant Mann has congratulated the victory in the by-elections. He wrote in X-Many congratulations to the Punjabis for their spectacular victory in the by-elections. Under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal, the Aam Aadmi Party is reaching heights day by day across the country. We worked day and night without hesitation and honestly for the progress and prosperity of Punjab. We will fulfill all the promises made to Punjabis during the by-elections on priority basis. Many congratulations to the gentleman. Inquilab Zindabad.
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal said that the people of Punjab have once again expressed their faith in the ideology of the Aam Aadmi Party and the work of our government by awarding three out of four seats to the Aam Aadmi Party in the by-elections. Many thanks to the people of Punjab and congratulations to all. The people of Punjab have once again expressed their faith in the ideology of the Aam Aadmi Party and the work of our government by awarding three out of four seats to the Aam Aadmi Party in the by-elections. Many thanks to the people of Punjab and congratulations to all.
