Chandigarh, Feb 11 (PTI) The BJP on Saturday appointed Union minister Som Parkash as its incharge for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, a party statement said.

Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma also appointed Kewal Singh Dhillon and Mukerian MLA Jangi Lal Mahajan as co-incharges for the bypoll, state party general secretary Jeevan Gupta said in the statement.

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The Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after the death of Congress MP Santokh Chaudhary last month. He suffered a cardiac arrest during former Congress president Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jalandhar's Phillaur.

Punjab BJP chief Sharma also appointed Balbir Singh Sidhu as the state unit vice president.

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Sidhu, who was formerly with the Congress, joined the BJP last year.

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