Meeting on June 5 to decide future course after outcome of elections. A day after the voting for the Lok Sabha elections concluded, Punjab farmers on Sunday.
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
As the dust settles on the polling booths after the voting for its 13 Lok Sabha seats on June 1, Punjab finds itself on the cusp of potential political upheaval. With exit polls now illuminating the path ahead, Punjab awaits with bated breath for the final verdict, slated to be unveiled on June
BJP seemed to face a tougher-than-earlier battle in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana. Read our analysis of how the elections in three states went ahead of results on June 4.
Punjab witnessed largely peaceful polling for the 13 Lok Sabha seats, with 61.32 per cent turnout recorded at midnight. In 2014, the turnout was 70.63 per.