Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll: Congress kicks off its campaign from Phillaur

A day after the schedule for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha byelection was announced, the Congress formally kicked off its campaign from Phillaur in favour of its candidate Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, the wife of Late MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary whose death necessitated the bypoll, on Friday.

A day after the schedule for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha byelection was announced, the Congress formally kicked off its campaign from Phillaur in favour of its candidate Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, the wife of Late MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary whose death necessitated the bypoll, on Friday.

Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring with Leader of the opposition Partap Singh Bajwa and supporters during a protest march against the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha, in Jalandhar on Friday. (PTI)

Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa and campaign committee chairman Rana Gurjeet Singh met zila parishad and block samiti members, councillors, sarpanches, panches and local Congress leaders.

“The meeting was held to discuss and plan the election strategy in order to retain the seat,” said Bajwa.

Bajwa urged the workers to work in unison to ensure that Phillaur comes out with full might to support the party candidate.

Campaign committee chairman Rana Gurjeet Singh said every vote is important and efforts must be made to reach every voter in the constituency.

Meanwhile, Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary urged local leaders to come together and work towards securing maximum votes for the Congress party.

Several sitting MLAs were also present on the occasion.