<div align="justify">The Congress on Sunday wrested the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat from the BJP by a whopping margin of 1,93,219 votes.<br /><br />Its Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar trounced saffron party candidate Swaran Salaria in the high-stakes bypoll. <br /><br />Similarly, the Congress-led UDF Opposition in Kerala retained the Vengara Assembly constituency after its candidate K N A Khader of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) won the byelection by 23,310 votes.<br /><br />Now, the party prepares to fight the BJP in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.<br /><br />After registering spectacular electoral victories in Gurdaspur, Vengara and Nanded in Maharashtra (municipal polls), Congress leaders believe that the tide is turning in its favour.<br /><br />‘Just the beginning’ <br /><br />“It is just the beginning,” AICC secretary Asha Kumari told reporters here after Jakhar (Congress) pulled off a stunning victory in Gurdaspur, defeating Salaria (BJP) by a margin of over 1.93 lakh votes.<br /><br />The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of BJP member Vinod Khanna, who represented Gurdaspur for four terms.<br /></div>
<div align="justify">The Congress on Sunday wrested the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat from the BJP by a whopping margin of 1,93,219 votes.<br /><br />Its Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar trounced saffron party candidate Swaran Salaria in the high-stakes bypoll. <br /><br />Similarly, the Congress-led UDF Opposition in Kerala retained the Vengara Assembly constituency after its candidate K N A Khader of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) won the byelection by 23,310 votes.<br /><br />Now, the party prepares to fight the BJP in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.<br /><br />After registering spectacular electoral victories in Gurdaspur, Vengara and Nanded in Maharashtra (municipal polls), Congress leaders believe that the tide is turning in its favour.<br /><br />‘Just the beginning’ <br /><br />“It is just the beginning,” AICC secretary Asha Kumari told reporters here after Jakhar (Congress) pulled off a stunning victory in Gurdaspur, defeating Salaria (BJP) by a margin of over 1.93 lakh votes.<br /><br />The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of BJP member Vinod Khanna, who represented Gurdaspur for four terms.<br /></div>
