Punjab Election 2022: Meet Labh Singh Ugoke, A Mobile Repair Shop Worker Who Defeated CM Channi

Punjab Result: Labh Singh Ugoke, 35, comes from a humble background. His father works in the fields and his mother works as a sweeper in a government school.

Labh Singh Ugoke joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a volunteer in 2013 (PTI)

New Delhi: A man who worked at a mobile repair shop, Bhadaur AAP candidate Labh Singh Ugoke, defeated Punjab Chief MInister Charanjit Singh Channi by a comprehensive margin of 37,558 votes.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stormed to power in Punjab, winning 92, according to poll results declared by the Election Commission for the polls for 117 assembly seats.

Labh Singh Ugoke joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a volunteer in 2013.

Labh Singh Ugoke, 35, comes from a humble background. His father works in the fields and his mother works as a sweeper in a government school. He earlier ran a mobile repair shop.

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As per his affidavit, Labh Singh Ugoke has mentioned as his property a Hero Honda motorcycle, which he had bought about eight years ago. 

After getting the ticket to contest from Bhadaur, Labh Singh Ugoke had claimed that he would make history by defeating Chief Minister Channi. 

By fielding Channi from Bhadaur, the Congress was eyeing gains in Punjab's Malwa region, which has a good presence of the Dalits.

A Class 12 pass and first-timer, Ugoke had accused Channi of wearing a "mask of common man".

"There are 74 villages in my constituency and I know the problems of every village. For me, Bhadaur is not a 'halqa' (constituency) but my family. Channi sahab does not know the names of even 10 villages of Bhadaur seat," Ugoke had told PTI last month.

"Channi sahab is not an 'aam aadmi'. Even though he is from a Dalit family, he is living the life of a king," he had said.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi also lost from Chamkaur Sahib. Dr Charanjit Singh, an eye surgeon, trounced the CM by 7,942 votes from Chamkaur Sahib, which Channi has represented thrice in the state Assembly.