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  • Punjab Congress leaders blame Navjot Singh Sidhu, Charanjit Singh Channi over ballot debacle

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress leaders have demanded that former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu needs to be proven the door and blamed them for the celebration’s debacle within the polls.

    In a gathering of celebration candidates from the Malwa area of the state known as by AICC Punjab affairs in-charge Harish Chaudhary on Tuesday, many leaders blamed infighting and indiscipline for the heavy defeat.

    Gurpreet Singh, who misplaced from Bassi Pathana seat from the place Channi’s brother Manohar Singh fought as an impartial candidate, blamed Channi. “The former Punjab CM is the only reason for the defeat. People did not like Channi as the CM face. He should be expelled. How could people of Punjab listen to Channi when his brother did not. Had Sidhu been the CM face, we would have won at least 50 seats,” he stated.

    Pointed out that Sidhu himself misplaced from Amritsar East, Singh blamed Channi once more. “When Channi was the CM face, what could Sidhu do?”

    Former minister Balbir Singh Sidhu stated, “Both Channi and Sidhu should resign as they are responsible for this defeat. When I was removed from the cabinet after Amarinder Singh was shown the door, what was my fault? Now, both of them have scripted the debacle of the party. Infighting led to this. Channi’s statement on migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the state also triggered an uproar,” he stated.

    Another former minister, Randeep Singh Nabha stated inside combating and indiscipline amongst senior leaders prompted the voters to assume that AAP was a greater various. The level of indiscipline was raised additionally by former minister Amarinder Raja Warring. “Congress lost due to indiscipline and senior leaders who did not speak to each other,” he stated.

    Former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu stated, “The reasons because of which we lost will be out in the open soon. I do not think that the party was weak or we lost because of the leadership.” Chaudhary stated he was taking duty for the defeat. Channi and Sidhu additionally attended the assembly however did not remark.

  • Congress scripted its personal defeat in Punjab, says senior celebration chief in obvious jibe at Sidhu

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab minister and senior Congress chief Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday stated that the Congress management scripted its personal defeat by giving energy to turncoats and opportunists who have been alien to the Congress, its historical past and tradition.

    Reacting to the celebration’s drubbing within the Punjab meeting polls, Sidhu stated, “The decline of the party’s prospects started the day Sunil Jakhar, a dyed-in-wool Congressman, was replaced by an outsider Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had joined the Congress just four years ago.”

    Asserting that the Congress “committed one blunder after another”, Balbir Sidhu stated eradicating Amarinder Singh because the chief minister proved to be the final straw that broke the camel’s again which finally led to the “complete collapse” of the celebration and the federal government.

    Amarinder Singh was unseated from the chief minister’s submit final 12 months following a bitter feud between him and Navjot Singh Sidhu.

    In a press release right here, the previous well being minister stated the celebration’s third mistake was refusing to nominate Sunil Jakhar because the chief minister simply because he was a Hindu, regardless of the help of an amazing majority of the celebration MLAs and the secular character and tradition of the Congress.

    “If the Congress had believed in politics of religion, Giani Zail Singh wouldn’t be the president, Dr Manmohan Singh wouldn’t be the prime minister and Buta Singh wouldn’t be the home minister,” he stated.

    “All this was followed by the appointment of Charanjit Singh Channi, who again was not a real Congressman, as he had tried his luck with the Shiromani Akali Dal and the People’s Party of Punjab before joining the Congress. The Congress party and the government was handed over to rank outsiders,” Balbir Sidhu asserted.

    He stated the way in which the celebration arbitrarily denied tickets to senior and veteran leaders like Amrik Singh Dhillon, Jagmohan Singh Kang, Ajaib Singh Bhatti and Kewal Singh Dhillon was one more deadly mistake by the Congress management.

    “It was strange and surprising that the party looked like it was in a race with itself in repeating one blunder after another to cause its own doom,” he stated.

    The three-time former MLA from Mohali identified that simply earlier than the appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu because the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president, everybody was of the unanimous view that the Congress will repeat itself in 2022.

    “But the countdown for doom started the day Navjot Sidhu took over as the PCC president”, he stated, including that the celebration made no efforts to reign him in.

    Balbir Sidhu stated the way in which the Punjab Congress chief and the chief minister indulged in open disagreement, placing the celebration in a state of “civil war”, left the sphere vast open for the opposition.

    “People got fed up with this civil war and they decided to teach us a lesson,” he stated.

    Besides, Balbir Sidhu stated, “The language used by Navjot Sidhu and Channi during the campaign antagonised a large section of the electorate.”

    While Navjot Sidhu allegedly addressed former minister Anil Joshi as a “kaala Brahmin”, Channi allegedly used derogatory language in opposition to the migrant inhabitants.

    This antagonised sure communities and so they voted in opposition to the Congress not solely in Punjab, but additionally in Uttar Pradesh, he stated.

    The former minister stated as an alternative of proudly owning up accountability, these accountable have been “shamelessly” glorifying themselves as if that they had received “Param Vir Chakra”.

    He stated these answerable for the debacle should be made accountable, lest the Congress acquired “destroyed beyond redemption”.

    The Aam Aadmi Party romped house with 92 of the 117 meeting seats by decimating the Congress and the SAD-BSP mix.

  • ‘Will proceed to carry out my obligation within the faculty’: Mother of AAP MLA who defeated Channi

    By ANI

    BARNALA: The mom of Aam Admi Party MLA Labh Singh Ugoke, Baldev Kaur, on Saturday continued working as a sweeper within the authorities faculty, even after her son received the 2022 Assembly elections in Punjab.

    Ugoke, who defeated the outgoing Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from the Bhadaur seat with a margin of 37,550 votes, used to work in a cell repairing store.

    “We have always worked hard to earn money. Irrespective of my son’s position, I will continue to perform my duty in the school,” stated Kaur.

    Joyed by the victory of her son as an AAP candidate whose get together image is a brush, Kaur stated ‘Jhadu’ is a crucial a part of my life.

    “Even though he contested against the Chief Minister of the state, we were always confident that my son would win,” she added.

    School Principle Amrit Pal Kaur advised ANI that Ugoke has studied in the identical faculty and introduced many laurels.

    “Labh Singh’s mother has been working as a sweeper in this school for a long time now. He has also studied in this school. He has brought many laurels to his village and school. Kaur says she wants to continue working in the school,” stated Amrit Pal Kaur.

    Singh’s father, Darshan Singh, who used to work as a labourer, stated that the household will dwell as earlier. He needs his son to concentrate on the welfare of the folks as a substitute of the household.

    “People of the village elected him. We want him to be working for the welfare of the people. We will continue to live the way we used to earlier,” stated Darshan Singh.

    Ugoke joined the AAP in 2013 and rose within the ranks of the get together shortly. He had sought AAP’s ticket from Bhadaur seat in 2017 too however the get together had then determined in any other case.

    Villagers have been joyed by his victory, saying that they nonetheless cannot consider that Ugoke they knew for therefore lengthy has grow to be an MLA now.

    “For day and night, he used to work for the party. We never thought that he would get the ticket from the party and would become an MLA. We are happy for him,” stated one of many villagers.

    The AAP bagged a landslide victory within the Punjab polls, successful 92 Assembly seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins. Congress received 18 seats within the 117-member Assembly.

  • Congress management will keep away from studying reply written in daring letters: Ex-Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

    Punjab Lok Congress chief Singh, who was unseated from the submit of chief minister final 12 months, requested the grand previous occasion who’s answerable for its drubbing in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.

  • Charanjit Channi: Star for 111 days, Dalit chief now again to humdrum politics

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Till some months in the past, Charanjit Singh Channi was simply one other minister in Amarinder Singh’s Congress authorities.

    And when the get together determined to switch the veteran chief because the chief minister in Punjab, Channi wasn’t even within the record of apparent front-runners.

    But after the Congress made the shock determination, Channi took to his new function as CM with enthusiasm, asserting sops, that includes in full-page newspaper commercials and even collaborating in a recreation of hockey.

    Though Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who performed a significant function in Amarinder Singh’s ouster, continued along with his pitch to be declared the get together CM’s face because the meeting polls neared, the Congress picked Channi.

    His credentials as Punjab’s first Dalit CM appeared to assist.

    Over 30 per cent of the state’s inhabitants is Dalit.

    The Congress fielded Channi from two seats — Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar and Bhadaur in Barnala, a transfer which confirmed how a lot the Congress was banking on him.

    He misplaced from each, and the get together obtained a drubbing from the Aam Aadmi Party.

    Channi, who appeared to return from nowhere to centre stage for about 4 months, is now headed again to relative obscurity.

    Born in Bhajauli village in Kharar in 1963, Channi’s stepped into politics in 1992 when he was elected a councillor.

    In 2003, he grew to become the president of the Kharar municipal council.

    He made it to the state meeting as an impartial MLA from Chamkaur Sahib in 2007.

    He gained the identical seat in 2012, however this time on a Congress ticket.

    He later grew to become Leader of Opposition within the House.

    After being elected as an MLA for the third time in a row in 2017, he discovered a berth in Amarinder Singh’s ministry.

    He held the portfolios of Technical Education, Industrial Training, Employment Generation and Tourism and Cultural Affairs.

    When Congress confronted infighting within the state final 12 months, Channi and three different ministers rebelled towards Amarinder Singh, selecting to aspect with state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu.

    Channi by no means missed an opportunity to spotlight his “humble background”, however there may be nothing humble about his training.

    He has a BA diploma, adopted by an LLB from Panjab University and an MBA from Punjab Technical University.

    He is now going for a PhD from PU Chandigarh.

    As a minister within the Amarinder Singh authorities, Channi was on the centre of a row in 2018.

    An IAS officer accused him of sending an inappropriate textual content message to her.

    Channi advised the media that he despatched the message unintentially, and had apologised to the official.

    Controversy dogged him in the course of the latest election marketing campaign as properly.

    The Enforcement Directorate raided his nephew’s premises.

    Channi categorically denied any hyperlink in his relative’s case and his get together accused the BJP-led Centre of misusing the company.

    And then there was the safety breach which compelled Prime Minister Narendra Modi to return to Delhi with out addressing a political rally in Ferozepur, after his convoy was blocked by protesting farmers.

    The Centre put the blame on the state authorities headed by Channi.

    He got here below fireplace for his ‘UP de bhaiye’ comment, seen by many as a derogatory reference to migrants from different states.

    Before the elections had been declared, Channi had been a CM for 111 days – a time period marked by populist bulletins because the state headed into the elections.

    These included the slashing of energy tariff and making cable television, and even sand, cheaper.

    He projected himself as a politician who may determine with the lots.

    ‘Ghar ghar chali gal, Channi karda masle hal,’ was a catchphrase coined by him.

    Roughly translated, it means, ‘It’s the discuss of the city — Channi solves issues.’

    His rivals claimed it was all simply discuss.

    But Channi as soon as mentioned, “I am not ‘ailaanjeet’ (one who only makes announcements). I am ‘Vishwasjeet’ (one who has won the people’s trust).”

    Not sufficient, it will appear for the Congress to make a mark within the election.

  • AAP emerges as various in nationwide politics with its Punjab victory

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: With its landslide victory in Punjab meeting polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has achieved a significant milestone in its journey thus far and emerged as a substitute within the nationwide politics.

    The celebration received 92 seats in Punjab, decimating its closest rival Congress to type its authorities within the state with a three-fourth majority within the 117-member legislative meeting.

    The robust AAP wave in Punjab noticed many bigwigs trailing and dropping — together with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Congress chief and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from each the seats he contested, Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur, former chief minister Amarinder Singh who left the Congress to hitch fingers with the BJP, and Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu.

    The celebration additionally gained some toe maintain in Goa successful two seats within the 40-member state legislative meeting, although it couldn’t open its account in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

    The AAP had contested on all seats in Punjab, Goa, Uttarkhand and Uttar Pradesh meeting polls, searching for to develop its base past Delhi and obtain its acknowledged ambition to turn out to be a dominant pressure in nationwide politics.

    Buoyed by its efficiency in Punjab meeting polls, the celebration is now aiming to develop its base in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

    The celebration will contest the meeting elections in these two states to beheld subsequent 12 months.

    With give attention to Gujarat, celebration plans to carry Punjab victory march in BJP-ruled Gujarat, AAP sources stated.

    Born out of 2011 anti-corruption motion led by Anna Hazare, the celebration seems to play a significant position within the nationwide politics following its emphatic victory in Punjab meeting polls, with the AAP leaders projecting the celebration’s nationwide convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as an alternative choice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    The political observers feels that the meteoric rise of the AAP inside a decade of its formation will reinforce its standing as a challenger to the Congress and the BJP in coming months, supplied it lives as much as the expectations of individuals of Punjab, present a clear authorities within the state, and fulfil the guarantees that it made throughout elections.

    The celebration’s assist to the farmers’ agitation towards three-farm legal guidelines final 12 months, its Delhi mannequin of governance and inner feud in Congress in Punjab led to its victory in Punjab, in line with the ballot analysts.

    “With its victory in Punjab, the AAP has become the only regional party and third party in the country which will have its government in two states. Other two are the BJP and the Congress,” famous political analyst and co-director of Lokniti-CSDS Sanjay Kumar instructed PTI when requested for his feedback.

    The AAP will turn out to be seen to the voters as a substitute with the celebration additionally gaining a toehold in Goa, he stated.

    “In coming days, party will start seeing the party as an alternative if it provides a clean government in Punjab and make a visible impact with its work as it did in Delhi,” he added.

    The individuals of Punjab have given their mandate to AAP and voted for change, wanting on the work executed by its authorities in Delhi, notably in schooling and healthcare sectors, Kumar stated.

    “While the Congress couldn’t achieve religion of the individuals attributable to inner feud within the celebration, Akalis (SAD) additionally couldn’t appeal to the electors as they’d not executed something particular throughout its regime in previous.

    In such a scenario, the AAP was seen as a substitute and folks determined to offer it an opportunity,” he added.

    Kejriwal and others shaped the AAP in 2012, making an exit from the 2011 anti-corruption motion following variations with Anna Hazare and made its debut in electoral politics successful 28 out of 70 seats in Delhi Assembly, and shaped its authorities below Chief Minister Kejriwal with outdoors assist of the Congress in December 2013.

    After failing to go the Jan Lokpal Bill attributable to lack of numbers within the Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal resigned as chief minister in February 2014 to hunt a recent and full mandate.

    Before the re-election in Delhi could possibly be held, the AAP contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and received 4 seats — all from Punjab.

    The celebration recorded a landslide victory in 2015 Delhi meeting polls successful 67 out of a complete 70 seats, with a file vote share of 54 per cent and shaped its authorities.

    The AAP created a historical past as soon as once more by successful 62 out of 70 seats in 2020 Delhi meeting polls.

  • 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.

  • Several turncoats, Cabinet ministers trailing in Punjab as AAP sweeps state

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Several social gathering hoppers together with Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa and Anil Joshi had been trailing from their respective constituencies in Punjab, in response to ballot developments.

    The Aam Aadmi Party was main in 89 out of whole 117 meeting seats in Punjab.

    Ahead of the meeting polls, a number of leaders had switched sides.

    Former sports activities minister Sodhi had give up the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and contested from Ferozepur City seat.

    Sodhi, a four-time MLA from Guruharsahai in Ferozepur, was trailing from Ferozepur seat, the developments confirmed.

    AAP candidate Ranbir Singh was main from Ferozepur City over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Parminder Singh Pinki.

    Former Congress chief Bajwa, who had joined the BJP, and fought from Batala seat was trailing.

    Aam Aadmi Party candidate Amansher Singh is main from Batala seat over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Ashwani Sekhri, in response to developments.

    Fateh Jang Bajwa was a sitting legislator from Qadian seat from the place the Congress fielded his elder brother and Rajya Sabha member Partap Singh Bajwa.

    Former Punjab minister Joshi, who give up the BJP and joined the SAD final yr, contested from Amritsar North meeting seat.

    AAP candidate and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh was main over Joshi from Amritsar North seat.

    Joshi had remained legislator from the Amritsar North seat in 2007 and 2012 on the BJP ticket.

    He confronted defeat within the 2017 Assembly polls.

    Former Congress chief Harjot Kamal, who too had joined the BJP, fought from Moga meeting seat.

    Kamal left the Congress after the social gathering denied him the ticket from Moga.

    From Moga seat, AAP candidate Amandeep Kaur Arora was main over her nearest rival and Congress candidate Malvika Sood Sachar, who’s sister of actor Sonu Sood.

    Former Punjab minister and three-time MLA Joginder Singh Mann, who joined the AAP after snapping his 50-year-old ties with the Congress, fought from Phagwara seat.

    However, Congress candidate Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal was main over BSP nominee Jasvir Singh Garhi from Phagwara seat.

    Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lali Majithia, who joined the AAP after leaving the Congress, tried his luck from Majitha meeting phase.

    SAD candidate Ganieve Kaur Majithia is main from Majithia meeting phase.

    Raman Bahl, who left the Congress final yr and joined the AAP, fought from Gurdaspur seat.

    SAD candidate Gurbachan Singh Babehali was main over Congress candidate and sitting MLA Barindermeet Singh Pahra from Gurdaspur seat.

    Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and most of his Council of Ministers had been trailing of their respective constituencies, as per the developments at 12 pm.

    Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who contested from two constituencies, Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district and Bhadaur seat in Barnala, is trailing in each because the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates are main the race.

    Channi is the sitting MLA from Chamkaur Sahib.

    Most of Channi’s ministers, who had succeeded Amarinder Singh after his unceremonious exit because the chief minister in September final yr, had been additionally trailing.

    From Amritsar Central seat, Minister O P Soni was trailing behind AAP’s Ajay Gupta whereas Raj Kumar Verka was behind AAP’s Jasbir Singh Sandhu from Amritsar West.

    Manpreet Singh Badal was behind AAP’s Jagroop Gill from Bathinda Urban seat whereas from Gidderbaha, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring was trailing behind Akali Dal’s Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon.

    From Sangrur, Vijay Inder Singla was trailing behind AAP’s Narinder Kaur Bharaj.

    Pargat Singh was trailing behind AAP’s Surinder Singh Sodhi from Jalandhar Cantonment and Bharat Bhushan Ashu was behind AAP’s Gurpreet Bassi Gogi from Ludhiana West.

    Razia Sultana was behind her nearest AAP rival Mohammed Jamil-ur-Rahman from Malerkotla seat.

    Sangat Singh Gilzian was trailing behind AAP’s Jasvir Singh Raja Gill from Urmar seat.

    Ministers Rana Gurjeet Singh, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa had been main.

    As per the developments at 12:15 pm, the Aam Aadmi Party gave the impression to be heading for a clear sweep in Punjab, having taken a lead in 90 of the 117-Assembly seats.

  • Assembly polls 2022: Punjab gears up for counting of votes in 117 seats

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: The stage is about for counting of votes on Thursday for 117 meeting seats in Punjab the place the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has emerged as a serious contender whereas the Congress is in search of to retain energy within the multi-cornered contest.

    Various exit polls have predicted that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will kind the subsequent authorities in Punjab however just a few have additionally forecast a hung meeting within the state which had witnessed a high-stakes contest on February 20.

    Counting of votes will begin at 8 am at 117 centres in 66 areas, mentioned Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju on Wednesday. A complete of 1,304 candidates, together with 93 ladies and two transgenders, have been within the fray. The state recorded voter turnout of 71.95 per cent.

    It was the bottom share as in comparison with the voting share noticed in three earlier meeting elections. In the 2017 Punjab meeting polls, the voting share recorded was 77.40. The share in 2007 and 2012 was 75.45 and 78.20 respectively. In the 2002 elections, the voting share was 65.14.

    Though varied exit polls predicted that the Congress wouldn’t be capable of kind the federal government for the second time in a row, Punjab Congress leaders have insisted that their get together would safe victory. AAP’s chief ministerial face and state unit head Bhagwant Mann has additionally expressed confidence that his get together would kind the subsequent authorities within the state.

    Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Badal had claimed that his get together, which fought elections in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party, would win over 80 seats. The BJP has mentioned that it’s going to make spectacular positive aspects whereas former chief minister Amarinder Singh has mentioned that this get together, the Punjab Lok Congress, and the BJP have completed properly within the elections.

    The AAP has sought to undertaking itself as an agent of change and designed its ballot marketing campaign in such a approach that the folks vote for ‘badlav’ (change) because it focused the normal political events for “looting” the state.

    It additionally introduced its CM face forward of polls to provide readability to voters. The SAD and the Congress have alternatively been forming the federal government after the reorganistaion of Punjab in 1966. The stakes are excessive for the Congress which is seeking to retain energy in Punjab.

    It introduced Charanjit Singh Channi because the CM face and hoped for the consolidation of the Scheduled Caste votes. Punjab has practically 32 per cent Scheduled Caste inhabitants. The Congress, a dominant participant in state politics, additionally banked on varied choices like decreasing electrical energy tariff, slashing gasoline costs, taken throughout Channi’s 111-day tenure.

    The stakes are additionally excessive for the SAD which contested the polls in alliance with the BSP after breaking electoral ties with the BJP in 2020 over farm legal guidelines problem. With Sukhbir Singh Badal within the driving seat, the SAD is hoping for making a comeback after it was relegated to the third spot within the 2017 meeting polls.

    The BJP, which was once a junior companion throughout its earlier alliance with the SAD, was preventing the elections as a serious companion after getting into into an alliance with the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led SAD (Sanyukt).

    The BJP is hopeful of getting response particularly in Hindu dominated city and semi-urban areas.

    The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, comprising varied Punjab farmer our bodies which had taken half within the stir in opposition to the Centre’s now-repealed farm legal guidelines, fought the polls in alliance with the Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union (Chaduni) chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni-led Sanyukt Sangharsh Party.

    All main political events promised a number of freebies and sops to woo voters with a purpose to kind the subsequent authorities within the state. Key constituencies the place consequence could be keenly watched included Chamkaur Sahib constituency from the place Channi is in search of a re-election.

    He additionally contested from the Bhadaur meeting seat in Barnala district. The ballot struggle in Amritsar East constituency is taken into account because the mom of all electoral battles. Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu fought in opposition to SAD chief Bikram Singh Majithia from this seat.

    Mann was attempting his luck from Dhuri seat as he fought in opposition to sitting MLA and Congress nominee Dalvir Singh Goldy. Five-time chief minister and SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal fought from his pocket borough Lambi seat in Muktsar district.

    Amarinder Singh, who was unseated by the Congress final yr from the submit of chief minister following a bitter feud with Sidhu, contested from his residence turf Patiala Urban seat. SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was attempting his luck from Jalalabad seat.

    In the 2017 Punjab meeting polls, the Congress had ended the SAD-BJP mix ten yr regime by bagging 77 seats out of the whole 117-assembly segments within the state. The AAP had managed to get 20 seats, whereas the SAD-BJP had gained 18 seats and two seats went into the kitty of the Lok Insaaf Party.

  • BJP exudes confidence about forming authorities in 4 states, spectacular beneficial properties in Punjab

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Top BJP leaders on Saturday exuded confidence that the get together will type the federal government in 4 states the place it was in energy, together with in Uttar Pradesh, and it’ll make spectacular beneficial properties in Punjab.

    Addressing a joint press convention right here, BJP president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated the get together will get a large majority in Uttar Pradesh and people hoping for any dilution within the get together’s mandate could be disillusioned.

    “People will give BJP a good majority in four states where it is in power,” Nadda stated.

    Underlining that the get together ran a scientific and well-organised marketing campaign, Shah stated, “We saw Prime Minister Modi’s popularity in five poll-bound states was more than that of any earlier prime minister.”

    Shah stated he’s assured that BJP will return to energy in 4 states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, and make spectacular beneficial properties in Punjab.

    In Uttar Pradesh, Shah stated, BJP will get a large majority.

    He additional stated that some leaders might need left the get together, however not the voters.