There are six major deras in Punjab including Dera Sacha Sauda, Radha Soami Satsang Beas,Noormahal Dera (Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan), Sant Nirankari Mission, Namdhari Sect and Dera Sachkhand Ballan. These deras influence 68 Assembly constituencies during elections.
The Congress party's choice of Charanjit Singh Channi as chief minister in Punjab may have won it a sizeable Dalit voter base. But will it cost the party a chunk of Jat and Hindu votes in the upcoming Assembly election?
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: The ruling Congress is circumspect in announcing its chief ministerial candidate this time. Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal was first expected to announce the party's CM face this week but he pushed the date to next week.
Though the AAP and SSM leaders had denied it earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the talks were on but the alliance did not become a reality on the issue of seat sharing.
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