Breaking News LIVE, November 2, 2021: Hello and Welcome to ABP News LIVE Blog! The counting of votes for the bypolls held in three Lok Sabha and 29 assembly constituencies spread across 13 states and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli will be done today. The voting for these seats was held on October 30.

The assembly byelections were held in five seats in Assam, four in West Bengal, three each in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, two each in Bihar, Karnataka, and Rajasthan, and one seat each is in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Mizoram, and Telangana.

Meanwhile, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu  hit out at politicians who offer “lollipops” just ahead of polls, in an apparent attack on his own party-led government in the state, and urged people to vote only on the agenda of Punjab’s welfare.

His remarks came on a day when Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi announced slashing of the power tariff by ₹ 3 per unit for the domestic sector and increasing the dearness allowance for government employees.

Former Union Minister Buta Singh’s son and Delhi Congress leader Arvinder Singh passed away today following a cardiac arrest, his family said.

He was 56 and is survived by his wife and two children, said Pawan Arora, brother-in-law of the former MLA from Deoli.

“He will be cremated at the Lodhi Road crematorium on Tuesday,” Arora said.

Several Congress leaders remembered Singh as a simple person with deep social awareness.

“Shocked to hear about the untimely demise of my colleague and friend Arvinder Singh. He worked tirelessly for his constituency. He will be missed,” tweeted senior Congress leader Pawan Khera.