Namesakes of Hardeep, Manpreet file nomination as Independents

In the politically hot Gidderbaha Assembly segment, the namesakes of AAP candidate Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon and BJP candidate Manpreet Singh Badal have also filed their nomination papers.

Thirty-nine-year-old Hardeep Singh of Duhewala village has filed his nomination papers as an Independent candidate, while another 39-year-old candidate, Manprit Singh of Chak Giljewala village, has also filed his nomination papers as an Independent.

However, there is no namesake of Congress candidate Amrita Warring. As many as 20 candidates have filed their nominations for the Gidderbaha bypoll. Of these, three are the covering candidates of Amrita, Manpreet and Hardeep. The scrutiny of nominations will be held on October 28.

The last day for withdrawal of nominations is till October 30 and the polling will be held on November 13. The counting of votes and results will be declared on November 23.

This constituency has a total of 1,66,489 voters. Of this, 86,724 are men, 79,754 women while 11 belong to the third gender. As many as 173 polling booths have been set up in the constituency.