Punjab Bypolls: BJP's Manpreet Badal and AAP's Ishank Chabbewal File Nominations for November Elections

BJP's Manpreet Singh Badal and AAP's Ishank Kumar Chabbewal have filed their nominations for the bypolls scheduled on November 13 in Punjab. The bypolls will take place in the Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal, and Barnala assembly constituencies. These seats became vacant after their representatives were elected to the Lok Sabha.

Manpreet Singh Badal, representing the BJP, submitted his nomination for the Gidderbaha seat. He was accompanied by Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu and senior BJP leader Avinash Rai Khanna. Badal has previously been elected to the assembly from Gidderbaha on a Shiromani Akali Dal ticket in 1995, 1997, 2002, and 2007. In 2017, he won the Bathinda Urban seat on a Congress ticket but lost the seat in the 2022 elections. He joined the BJP in January 2023. The Gidderbaha seat became vacant when Congress MLA Amrinder Singh Raja Warring was elected to the Lok Sabha from Ludhiana.

Meanwhile, AAP's Ishank Kumar Chabbewal filed his nomination for the Chabbewal seat. He was accompanied by his father, AAP MP Raj Kumar Chabbewal, along with Punjab Cabinet minister Ravjot Singh and other party leaders. The bypoll in Chabbewal was prompted after Raj Kumar Chabbewal, initially a Congress MLA, joined AAP and was elected to the Lok Sabha from Hoshiarpur.

The counting of votes will take place on November 23. The deadline for filing nominations is October 25, with scrutiny of papers scheduled for October 28. Candidates can withdraw their nominations until October 30.

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