Chandigarh, Oct 24 (PTI) A total of 15 candidates were left in the fray for the bypoll to the Tarn Taran assembly seat on the final day of withdrawal of nominations, officials said on Friday. The election is scheduled for November 11.

A spokesperson for the office of the Punjab chief electoral officer said five candidates — Harpal Singh, Nirmal Kaur, Gurmeet Kaur, Sarika Jorha, and Harpreet Singh — withdrew their nomination papers.

The spokesperson further said that, after scrutiny of the nomination papers, 20 nominations were found valid. Now, after the withdrawal of five nominations, the total number of candidates left in the fray is 15. Show Full Article

Prominent among them are Sukhwinder Kaur (Shiromani Akali Dal), Harjit Singh Sandhu (BJP), Harmeet Singh Sandhu (AAP) and Karanbir

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