Akali Dal wins Khadoor Sahib by-poll

CHANDIGARH: Ruling Akali Dal candidate Ravinder Singh Brahmpura has won the by-poll to Khadoor Sahib assembly seat by defeating his rival and independent candidate Bhupinder Singh by a margin of 65,664 votes. The by-poll was held as the seat fell vacant after Congress MLA Ramanjit Singh Sikki resigned in protest against sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib last year. The Congress had “boycotted” the polls saying the issue on which Sikki had resigned was still unresolved.