Five Congress legislators are in a spot as they failed to secure leads from their respective constituencies for party candidate Sunil Jakhar, who lost the Gurdaspur seat to BJP’s Sunny Deol.
They are Aruna Chaudhury (Dinanagar), Amit Vij (Pathankot), Joginder Pal (Bhoa), Barindermeet Singh Pahra (Gurdaspur) and Fatehjung Singh Bajwa (Qadian). All of them had performed well in the 2017 bypoll.
Only Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa (Fatehgarh Churian) and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (Dera Baba Nanak) stood tall and defied Deol’s onslaught. Both are senior Cabinet ministers.