Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, November 23-
In the Punjab Assembly by-elections, the AAP recorded a huge success. The party has claimed three out of four seats. AAP won Gidderbaha, Chabbewal and Dera Baba Nanak assembly seats in the by-poll. These three seats were previously held by the Congress party. In the 2022 Assembly elections, Raja Warring from Congress won from Gidderbaha, Sukhjinder Randhawa from Dera Baba Nanak, and Rajkumar Chabbewal from Chabbewal. After winning these three seats, the number of AAP legislators in the Assembly has now increased to 94.
In the high-profile constituency of Dera Baba Nanak, AAP's Gurdeep Randhawa defeated Congress candidate Sukhjinder Randhawa's wife, Jatinder Kaur Randhawa, by 5,699 votes. In Gidderbaha,Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon defeated Amarinder Singh Raja Warring's wife, Amrita Warring, by 21,969 votes. Meanwhile, in Chabbewal, Dr. Ishank Kumar won by 28,690 votes.
After the victory, AAP leaders celebrated at the party office in Chandigarh. Leaders and workers played dhols, did Bhangra and distributed sweets to congratulate each other. AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal congratulated all the newly elected MLAs and thanked the people of Punjab for their continued trust in the Aam Aadmi Party.-
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