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Bureau Report: The Jalandhar by-election seems to have revolved around the Jalandhar West constituency. Mohinder Bhagat, son of Bhagat Chunni Lal, the biggest face of BJP from Jalandhar West, has joined the Aam Aadmi Party. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann made him join the party, on this occasion AAP West MLA Sheetal Annural was also with him. Along with Chunni, Bhagat has great stature in Jalandhar West, his son Mohinder Bhagat has also contested the 2017 assembly elections from this constituency. Bhagat has also been a minister with Chunni in the Akali-BJP government and was also the leader of the party in the Vidhan Sabha. In 2017, his son Mohinder Bhagat contested the election but he lost to Shusheel Rinku of Congress. Bhagat Chunni is the biggest Dalit face of BJP in Jalandhar constituency, but after Ashwani Sharma became the state president, Bhagat Chunni Lal’s family was being ignored, that’s why they have decided to join Aam Aadmi Party.
Lok Sabha elections around Jalandhar West Constituency
Aam Aadmi Party has given ticket to former MLA Sushil Rinku from Jalandhar West Constituency, MLA Sheetal Annurag is also an MLA from the same constituency who is opposing his ticket, now Mohinder Bhagat who joined AAP from BJP also from Jalandhar West Constituency. He was a former candidate, with his father Bhagat Chunni, he had won several elections from Jalandhar West Constituency. It was he who made the Jalandhar West constituency a stronghold of the BJP at one time.
All the parties announced their candidates
Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-election will be held on May 10, nominations have started from April 13. All the parties in the state have announced their candidates. First of all, Congress made Karamjit Kaur its candidate, after that Aam Aadmi Party gave ticket to Sushil Rinku, who joined the party from Congress 1 day ago. Akali Dal made its MLA Sukhwinder Sukhi a candidate from Banga, while BJP has staked on Charanjit Singh Atwal’s son Inder Iqbal Singh. Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar President Simranjit Singh Mann announced Gurjant Singh Kattu as the candidate.
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