Gurdaspur Bypoll: Voting begins, AAP, BJP, Congress in the race
Polling will be held today in this Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency is witnessing a three-horse race between the Congress, the BJP and the AAP.
After the demise of actor-turned-politician Vinod Khanna of the BJP in April, the bypoll was considered a necessity.
The Congress has fielded its Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar. Businessman Swaran Salaria is contesting from the BJP. The AAP has instilled faith on Major General (retd) Suresh Khajuria.
Apart from these three, 8 other candidates are in the race.
Of the total electorate of 15,22,922- 7,12,077 are women and 14 belong to a third gender, official said. Around 30 companies of paramilitary forces and 7,000 Punjab police personnel have been deployed in the constituency, as per reports.
-PTC News
