Punjab is all set for a multi-cornered contest in the Assembly polls as more than 2.14 crore voters would exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, across 117 constituencies today.
The main contest is among the ruling Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which is contesting the polls in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party after breaking two-decade old ties with the BJP in 2020 over the farm laws.