Punjab polls: CM Charanjit Singh Channi, over half of his ministers lose

By PTI

CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and over half of his ministers have misplaced from the seats they have been contesting because the AAP stormed to energy in Punjab on Thursday with an awesome majority.

The Aam Aadmi Party scripted historical past by profitable 92 of the 117 meeting seats whereas the ruling Congress suffered a extreme drubbing.

Channi, who contested from Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district and Bhadaur in Barnala, misplaced from each the seats to AAP candidates.

Channi was the sitting MLA from Chamkaur Sahib.

He had succeeded Amarinder Singh after his unceremonious exit because the chief minister in September final 12 months.

While minister O P Soni was defeated by AAP’s Ajay Gupta from Amritsar Central, Raj Kumar Verka misplaced to AAP’s Jasbir Singh Sandhu from Amritsar West.

Manpreet Singh Badal suffered a crushing defeat by the hands of AAP’s Jagroop Gill from Bathinda Urban seat.

From Sangrur, Vijay Inder Singla misplaced to AAP’s Narinder Kaur Bharaj whereas Bharat Bhushan Ashu misplaced to AAP’s Gurpreet Bassi Gogi from Ludhiana West.

Randeep Singh Nabha and Gurkirat Singh Kotli misplaced from Amloh and Khanna seats whereas Razia Sultana was defeated by AAP’s Mohammed Jamil-ur-Rahman from Malerkotla.

Sangat Singh Gilzian was defeated by AAP’s Jasvir Singh Raja Gill from Urmar seat.

However, seven Congress ministers managed to win.

They are Rana Gurjeet Singh, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Aruna Chaudhary, Pargat Singh, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.