BJP wins bypoll in Haryana's Jind by more than 12,000 votes

Jind (Haryana), Jan 31 Ruling BJP won the high-stakes Jind bypoll in Haryana on Thursday with gathering hopeful Krishan Middha crushing his nearest rival, Digvijay Singh Chautala of JJP, by more than 12,000 votes.

The BJP wrested the seat from the principle opposition INLD, which was decimated in the by-election.

Middha won by a margin of 12,935 votes, Jind Deputy Commissioner-cum-Returning Officer Amit Khatri said.

JJP was floated last month by Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala after a split in the INLD following a family feud.

The Congress, which had handled its senior head Randeep Singh Surjewala, a MLA from Kaithal, wound up at the third spot.

Middha (48) is a BAMS doctor, whose father's death necessitated the bypoll.