Polling underway in Puducherry bypoll

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Puducherry,  Voting in the bypoll for the Kamaraj Nagar assembly seat in Puducherry is underway on Monday.

The polling began at 7 a.m. and would conclude at 6 p.m.

There are nine candidates in the fray but the main contest is between Congress party’s A. John Kumar and AINRC nominee S.Bhuvaneswarane.

The bypoll became a necessity after Congress legislator V.Vaithilingam was elected to the Lok Sabha in April this year.

The counting of votes will happen on Oct 24.