Chandigarh, Nov. 14 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is moving firmly toward victory on Friday as counting for the Tarn Taran Assembly bypoll progresses, with party candidate Harmeet Sandhu establishing a commanding lead of more than 10,000 votes.

Vote counting began at 8 am at the International College of Nursing, where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were opened under tight security. The results are being declared in 16 rounds, of which 12 rounds have been completed so far.

While Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa started strong and remained ahead for the first three rounds, the trend reversed soon after AAP's Harmeet Sandhu overtook her and has been widening the gap consistently. After the 12th round, Sandhu was...