Chandigarh: The political tempo has picked up for the November 11 Tarn Taran assembly by-election with all the political majors steadily stepping up their respective campaigning,

The bye-election is being seen as a precursor to the 2027 Punjab assembly elections which are now just about 14 months away.

A total of 15 candidates are in the fray for the bypoll which was necessitated by the death of ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal in June; the voting will be held on November 11 and the counting of votes will be conducted on November 14.

While AAP has fielded Harmeet Singh Sandhu, Congress has fielded Karanbir Singh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa, and BJP has picked Harjit Singh Sandhu as its candidate.

For record, in the House of 117 members, AAP

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