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Gurugram: Ending his days of political oblivion, former Haryana deputy chief minister and Congress candidate Chander Mohan won against his nearest rival and BJP candidate Gian Chand Gupta by 1,997 votes in Panchkula...
Chander Mohan, a four-time MLA, first won from Kalka (Panchkula was a part of the Kalka assembly seat till it was carved out a separate constituency following delimitation ahead of the 2009 polls) in a byelection held in 1993..
When the Congress chose Bhupinder Singh Hooda to head the Congress government in 2005 ignoring Bhajan Lals claim, Mohan was made deputy CM in Hoodas government...
When his father and younger brother launched their Haryana Janhit Party (HJC) in 2007, Mohan had chosen to remain with the Congress..
The Congress fielded him from Panchkula in 2019, but he lost to BJPs Gupta by a narrow margin of nearly 5,000 votes...
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