Chabbewal Assembly bypoll: Know your candidates ahead of tomorrow’s voting

AAP’s Dr Ishank Kumar

Political background

Dr Ishank Kumar, 31, is the lad of Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal, a two-time Congress MLA from the aforesaid constituency who aboriginal joined the Aam Aadmi Party earlier the Lok Sabha elections. Dr Raj Kumar is presently the sitting AAP MP from the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat.

This is Dr Ishank’s archetypal election, though helium has actively participated successful his father’s predetermination campaigns and is acquainted with reaching retired to voters.

Election agenda

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has addressed 3 rallies successful enactment of Dr Ishank, with AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal besides holding 1 astatine Chabbewal. Their promises included broad civic amenities, improved education, and healthcare facilities. On his part, Dr Ishank has emphasised his father’s developmental enactment successful the constituency and highlighted the AAP’s nationalist payment initiatives implicit the past 2.5 years, advocating for “unprecedented development” successful the area.

Education

MBBS, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, completed successful 2015.

Congress campaigner Advocate Ranjit Kumar

Political background

Advocate Ranjit Kumar, 52, has implicit 2 decades of governmental experience. This is his 2nd election, pursuing his candidacy successful the 2024 Lok Sabha predetermination from the Hoshiarpur spot arsenic a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate. He is the President of the District Bar Association, Hoshiarpur.

Ranjit Kumar began his governmental vocation with the BSP successful 2002 and became its authorities wide caput successful 2020. He has besides served arsenic a nominated subordinate of the Bar Council of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh, and is simply a trustee of the Ambedkar Bhawan Trust, Jalandhar.

Ranjit Kumar’s 2024 Lok Sabha candidacy was notable owed to last-minute changes successful the BSP’s campaigner list, resulting successful his nomination. For the existent bypoll, helium secretly joined Congress and secured the ticket, overcoming contention from different contenders similar Kulvinder Singh Rasulpuri.

Election agenda

Ranjit Kumar’s run focused connected tackling cause abuse, improving instrumentality and order, and highlighting the perceived failures of the ruling AAP government.

Education

BCom from S D College, Hoshiarpur, Punjab University, completed successful April 1994. LLB from N M Law College, Hanumangarh, affiliated with MIDS University, Ajmer, completed successful August 1997.

BJP campaigner Sohan Singh Thandal

Political background

A seasoned person and erstwhile Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) minister, Sohan Singh Thandal, 69, has been a four-time MLA from the Chabbewal constituency betwixt 1997 and 2012. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, helium contested arsenic a SAD campaigner from Hoshiarpur. Recently, helium near the SAD to articulation the BJP earlier the Chabbewal bypoll.

Election agenda

Thandal has criticised the ruling AAP government, alleging it has failed to code farmers’ issues, and has besides highlighted the mediocre instrumentality and bid successful the state. He has besides pointed to the deficiency of improvement nether the existent governmental administration.

Education: Bachelor of Arts from G N N B College, Narur-Panchhat, affiliated with Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, completed successful 1979.

Last 5 elections successful Chabbewal

2022: Congress campaigner Dr Raj Kumar

2017: Congress’ Dr Raj Kumar

2012: SAD’s Sohan Singh Thandal

2007: SAD’s Thandal

2002: SAD’s Thandal