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Ludhiana: The date for the by-election in Ludhiana is going to be announced soon. Earlier last night, the Congress high command expressed confidence in former cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu and declared him the party candidate from the West constituency. The letter related to this was issued by AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal on Friday night.
Of course the Congress high command has given the ticket to Ashu, but Ashu’s path is not so easy right now, because he has political differences with the state president and current MP from Ludhiana Amarinder Singh Raja Warring. To win, Ashu will have to take the support of Warring, which is a big challenge for him at this time.
Ashu has dominance in Ludhiana West.
Bharat Bhushan Ashu has dominance in the constituency West. Due to this the opponents need to work harder on this seat. On the other hand, Shiromani Akali Dal has also announced to contest the by-election. BJP’s election observer is also talking to the contenders regarding the selection of the candidate. Former Congress minister Ashu is considered to be a big challenge for the AAP candidate.
Know who is Bharat Bhushan Ashu
Bharat Bhushan Ashu is a politician of the Indian National Congress Party. Ashu has been an MLA from Ludhiana twice. In the previous Congress government, Ashu was the cabinet minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.
Ashu started his political career when he was elected as a Municipal Councillor from Ward No. 48 of Ludhiana city, Punjab in the year 1997. During his first term, he served as Municipal Councillor from 1997 to 2002, 2002 to 2007, and 2007 to 2012 (from Ward 54).
In the year 2012, he got a ticket from the Congress party to contest from the Ludhiana (West) assembly constituency and became the deputy CLP leader in the Punjab Assembly. After this, in 2017, he defeated Ahbab Grewal of the Aam Aadmi Party by a margin of 36,521 votes. In 2022, Ashu lost to AAP candidate Gurpreet Bassi Gogi.
