Sunday, December 8

Chandigarh 31.05.2018

The Assembly bypoll results, which will be out tomorrow, is being seen as a popularity test for the 14-month-old government in Punjab, with opposition striving to retain its stronghold.

The bypoll was necessitated following the demise of MLA in February this year.

While the is striving to retain its pocket borough from where Kohar was elected five-times, the results for the ruling in is being seen as a barometer for the popularity of the 14-month-old Amarinder Singh dispensation.

During the bypoll, the opposition party had accused the of misusing machinery against political opponents.

The AAP, which faced a humiliating defeat in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll and civic polls, is desperately looking for a victory in 

The Congress is confident of maintaining the winning momentum by wresting the seat from rival 

latest: 9:55 am

Congress candidate Hardev Singh Laddi has increased his lead over rivals by 8500 votes after completion of fourth round of counting.

In the fourth round, he surged ahead by another 2700 votes.