Overview
- AAP’s Harmeet Singh Sandhu submitted papers in Tarn Taran after a roadshow led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who pitched the government’s development record and welfare measures.
- BJP’s Harjit Singh Sandhu filed his nomination with Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Ashwani Sharma in attendance, with party leaders urging voters to back Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agenda and criticizing law and order under AAP.
- Election authorities confirmed the schedule: last date to file nominations October 21, scrutiny October 22, withdrawal by October 24, polling on November 11, and counting on November 14.
- The chief electoral office recorded additional filings including Congress’s Karanbir Singh, AAP covering candidate Rajesh Walia, and Sacho Sach Party’s Sham Lal Gandhi, indicating a multi-cornered race.
- AAP is again using its bypoll playbook of fielding recent entrants, betting on Harmeet Singh Sandhu’s local profile after winning five of six Assembly bypolls since 2022 with similar choices.