Punjab election results 2022: 'Revenge' vote gets AAP landslide

 Badals, Amarinder, Channi, and Sidhu lose as AAP’s promises convince voters

Punjab Elections Results 2022: The wave was unmistakable. Perhaps it’s the sheer magnitude that would have left even comedian turned politician and Punjab’s next chief minister Bhagwant Mann perplexed. The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) spectacular victory, the largest ever by any party since the re-organisation of the state in 1966, has come on the back of stellar performances in all three regions of Punjab – Doaba, Malwa and Majha. The Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) that have ruled the state between themselves since independence have suffered a huge blow in the state. AAP’s sweep has meant that for the second consecutive time, the Akalis would not even be the principal opposition party in the state.

“This massive win is more a rejection of the existing duopoly than it is of the acceptance of a new party in Punjab. People were frustrated with caste, corruption and nepotism and yearning for change for many years now. In 2017, Prashant Kishor’s event management skills managed to deny AAP that chance with it finishing behind the Congress. This time around, Kejriwal’s door to door and grassroot campaign made voters connect with AAP” said Pampa Mukherjee, professor of political science at Panjab University….Read More

Punjab: SAD leader Majithia surrenders before trial court in Mohali

 Facing charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Majithia applied for regular bail and the trial court started arguments over his plea

Facing charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Thursday surrendered before a trial court in Mohali near here following directions of the Supreme Court. Majithia applied for regular bail and the trial court started arguments over his bail plea, it is learnt. The court, however, allowed the Special Investigation Team to interrogate Majithia for about an hour in the court complex.

A bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justices A.S. Bopanna and Hima Kohli had directed Majithia to surrender before the trial court after the Punjab Assembly polls on February 20. His interim bail had ended on Wednesday night. Majithia, the brother-n-law of SAD chief Sukhbir Badal, was in fray for the February 20 assembly polls from Amritsar (East). In a 49-page FIR filed by the state police Crime Branch at the Mohali police station, the SAD leader has been booked under sections 25, 27A and 29 of the NDPS Act….Read More