The Ludhiana South Assembly constituency, which was re-constituted in place of Ludhiana Rural following the delimitation in 2009, has remained the citadel of Balwinder Singh Bains, who along with his younger brother MLA Simarjit Singh Bains, had founded the Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) in 2016. Balwinder, who was elected as an Independent MLA from the seat, in 2012, was re-elected as legislator from ...