GG News Bureau
Sangrur, 6th June. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday fielded former Congress leader Kewal Singh Dhillon as its candidate for Lok Sabha by-polls in Punjab’s Sangrur.
Aam Aadmi Party has fielded Gurmail Singh from the Sangrur seat.
The seat fell vacant after Bhagwant Mann won the assembly poll from the Dhuri constituency in the Sangrur district.
In the recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls, Kewal Singh Dhillon contested as a Congress candidate against AAP’s Bhagwant Mann. He had secured 3,03,350 votes. A supporter of former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, Kewal Dhillon was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (2012-17) for the constituency of Barnala.
Notably, Kewal Singh Dhillon was among the eight leaders whose security cover was revoked by the AAP government on May 11, citing “no specific threat”.
Kewal Singh Dhillon joined the BJP on June 4 with six others.
Apart from Kewal Singh Dhillon, former ministers Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, and Sundar Sham Arora were among the seven Congress leaders who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on June 4.
Congress leader Kamaljeet S Dhillon and the sitting Mayor of Congress in Mohali, Amarjeet S Sidhu also joined the Bharatiya Janata Party then.
Today is the last day for the candidates to file nominations for the bye-poll.
The filing of nominations began on May 30, the scrutiny of nominations would be done on June 7 and the last date of withdrawal of candidature is June 9.
The voting will be held on June 26. The AAP registered a landslide victory in the Punjab elections with 92 seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins. Congress won 18 seats in the 117- member Assembly.
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