India, Oct. 5 -- letterschd@hindustantimes.com

Amritsar

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Karanbir Singh Burj for the upcoming Tarn Taran assembly byelection, according to an official statement released on Saturday.

The bypoll was necessitated by the death of AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal in June. The Election Commission is yet to announce the date for the election, but the political race is already intensifying. This announcement by Congress comes just a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann declared Harmeet Singh Sandhu as the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's)candidate for the seat.

Burj, 50, hails from Burj 169, a village near the India-Pakistan border, and currently resides in Khairdeenke village within ...