Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) faces a major setback after 25 years of alliance with BJP as its candidate secures only 90,220 votes compared to over 3 lakh votes secured by the former alliance partner in Ludhiana. SAD's candidate Ranjit Singh Dhillon faced defeat for the third time, lacking support and unable to make an impact in urban areas without BJP's backing.
As the results of the parliamentary elections on 13 seats will be doled out on Tuesday, the winners in Punjab will takes it all — not just the seats in the Lok Sabha but the prestige and honour that was involved in the multi-cornered high-staked ballot battle.
The warm political winds
Are patriarch-dominated regional parties losing their grip on the Punjab and Haryana electoral battleground in these parliamentary polls? Ground reports suggest that it seems to be the case.In Punjab, the century-old regional outfit Shiromani .
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, May 16 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, campaigning for the Aam Aadmi Party's Gurdaspur candidate Shery Kalsi, on Thursday charged the constituency's previous MPs with betraying its people.Addressing a public meeting at Qadian .