The primary consequence from the Punjab Meeting bypolls is already out, with officers confirming AAP’s Ishank Kumar Chabbewal’s victory from Hoshiarpur’s Chabbewal constituency. He defeated his nearest rival, Congress’s advocate Ranjit Kumar, by an enormous margin of 28,690 votes, in line with officers. The son of Hoshiarpur MP Dr Raj Kumar, the bypoll was Ishank’s first electoral battle. Counting of votes for the bypolls to the 4 Meeting seats in Punjab started at 8 am.
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Ishank can also be a radiologist like his father and has labored with him in each the medical discipline and politics. He was declared the ruling Aam Aadmi Occasion candidate from Chabbewal when the seat fell vacant as a result of Dr Raj’s election to the Lok Sabha from Hoshiarpur again in June. Additionally in rivalry was four-time MLA Sohan Singh Thandal, who had switched to the BJP from Akali Dal simply weeks earlier than the polling. He got here in a distant third.
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Ishank is a radiologist by career and was working his father’s profitable scanning centre enterprise throughout the Hoshiarpur district. He took over after his father was elected MLA from the identical constituency in 2017.
The 31-year-old was extensively concerned in his father’s campaigns, particularly in the newest Lok Sabha elections a couple of months in the past.
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His victory margin is way higher than what his father managed again in 2022 when he fought on a Congress ticket. Dr Raj had gained that election by 7,646 votes.
Ishank’s candidacy was a shock for a lot of, as many established leaders within the constituency, like Harminder Singh Sandhu, had been missed by the AAP excessive command to offer the MP’s son their nod for the election.
With the victory, the Chabbewal household has consolidated its grip over the district’s politics, and the Congress nonetheless appears to be fighting discovering Dr Raj’s substitute.
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In addition to Chabbewal (SC), Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, and Barnala went to the polls on November 20. The bypolls had been necessitated after the 4 MLAs had been elected to the Lok Sabha.
