Congress defeated BJP in Gurdaspur bypoll
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sun, Oct 15, 2017, 11:28 PM
Congress defeated BJP in the Punjab's Gurdaspur bypoll elections. This win came after a month of death of the constituency's BJP MP - the actor Vinod Khanna.
The Congress' Sunil Jakhar defeated the BJP's Swaran Salaria by an imposing margin of 1,93,219 votes today to become the Lok Sabha MP-elect from Gurdaspur in Punjab.
Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu called the win a "beautiful Diwali gift, packed with a red ribbon" for Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
After the death of Vinod Khanna the seat was vacant and now the elections resulted in big victory for congress. From the time counting of votes began congress leader Sunil Jakhar eas leading. he won with 4.99 lakh votes.