Congress rebel-turned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Jagdeep ‘Goldy’ Kamboj defeated Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal within the Akali stronghold of Jalalabad constituency by 30,374 votes.

Of the whole 1,70,734 votes polled, Kamboj obtained a formidable 90,308 votes whereas Sukhbir polled 59,934 votes.

It was for the second event within the 4 years when the Akalis confronted defeat at Jalalabad.

Kamboj mentioned in his victory towards a political heavyweight like Sukhbir, electors reposed religion in a name for a political change in Punjab.

“The party has achieved a massive mandate and we will fulfill the commitment to work for the inclusive welfare. People have rejected the political arrogance and nepotism in hope of a changed regime,” mentioned Kamboj.

A predominantly rural seat of Jalalabad in Fazilka district was one of the keenly watched high-stakes seats from the place former deputy chief minister and Ferozepur Lok Sabha MP Sukhbir Badal was contesting for the fourth time.

In the final 10 years, the section noticed two byelections after the Akali MLAs vacated the seats.

After successful the Lok Sabha election in 2019, Sukhbir vacated the Jalalabad section and within the bypoll for Jalalabad in 2019, the SAD fielded Raj Singh Dibbipura, however he misplaced by over 16,000 votes to Congress’ Raminder Singh Awla.

A greenhorn, Awla hogged the limelight after he breached the Akali bastion. But a millionaire industrialist was not been fielded this time.

In 2019, Kamboj, a former nationwide secretary of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), wished to contest the bypoll and he contested unsuccessfully as an impartial after the Congress denied him a ticket.

Kamboj was a ticket aspirant in 2017 meeting polls too and at the moment, Congress had fielded Ravneet Singh Bittu.

He misplaced the final election and this time Kamboj was taken flippantly by the Akalis.

But driving on the AAP wave, Kamboj managed to penetrate the bastion of the SAD chief.