Summary:
However, in 2009, Khanna lost to Congress' Partap Singh Bajwa by 8,342 votes. "It's been over 18 years since I have been working with Vinod in the constituency," said Kavita. Kavita also says she hasn't deserted Gurdaspur and has visited it four times since Khanna's demise on April 27 this year to nurture the constituency. "Many people have approached me saying 'tayari rakho'(be prepared), but no one has said that 'you are the candidate,'" she said. In 2014, Khanna came back defeating Bajwa by 1,36,065 votes to become the Gurdaspur MP for the fourth time..