Divya Goyal
Journalist at The Indian Express
Journalist, @IndianExpress; Previously @htTweets; Writes on heritage, culture, politics, education, Sikh diaspora, legacy of Partition & other Punjab issues.
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4 days ago |
indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal
The fragmented and divided Congress failed to cash in on the anti-incumbency and ended up finishing second in the Ludhiana West bypoll, the results of which were declared, Monday. Ashu said he has tendered his resignation while taking moral responsibility for the electoral defeat in the by-election.
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4 days ago |
indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal
Riding high on its success in the city in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP was hoping to pull out a surprise victory in Ludhiana West bypoll, an urban constituency of Punjab. However, the party failed to retain its Lok Sabha gains in the bypoll, and ended up finishing third, behind the ruling AAP and Congress. AAP’s Sanjeev Arora won the bypoll by a margin of over 10,000 votes defeating Congress’s Bharat Bhushan Ashu, while BJP’s Jiwan Gupta finished third.
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal
The high-stakes Ludhiana West bypoll witnessed a low turnout of 51.33%, Thursday, as the polling remain largely peaceful in this urban constituency of Punjab, barring few skirmishes. The turnout was low even as the constituency witnessed a high-pitched political battle and intense campaigning by the four main parties for over two months. This is the lowest turnout for an assembly bypoll in Ludhiana West in the past five elections since 2007 including the Thursday’s bypoll.
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal
The stakes for the Ludhiana West bypoll might be extremely high politically, but on a positive note, what has failed to change is the friendly relation that these candidates enjoyed even before they became politicians. Congress candidate and former minister Bharat Bhushan, who was targeted by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for his “gussa” (anger) and hankaar (arrogance) throughout the campaign, also posted cryptic messages on Facebook saying that he meets everyone with a smile on face.
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Divya Goyal
The voting for the Ludhiana West bypoll, an urban constituency in Punjab, started 7 am, Thursday. A total of 1.74 lakh registered voters will vote after 20 days of intense campaigning which saw more of personal mudslinging by candidates than a focus on the multiple issues that plague this posh, urban constituency of Punjab.
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A press release issued by Ashu’s team claimed that Warring was present at the roadshow. Contacted, Warring said: “I was not present. I was in Ludhiana but did not attend the roadshow. I have no idea why my name has been written in the press release.” https://t.co/Chn7ui38xi
Ludhiana bypoll: Cong’s Ashu’s campaign ends with roadshow; sans Punjab chief Warring, LoP Bajwa https://t.co/Chn7ui38xi
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