If the latest readings of the major exit polls are to be believed, Bhagwant Mann is all set to be the next Chief Minister of Punjab. The AAP will form the government with thumping majority, predicts the exit polls of Axis My India, Times Now and Chanakya.
According to the exit poll by India Today-Axis, in Punjab AAP will have a clean sweep with 76-90 seats. Congress will get 19-31, while BJP will get 1-4 seats and SAD will win 7-11 seats.
The India Today – Axis My India exit poll has predicted a landslide victory for the AAP in Punjab. In 2017, the AAP had secured 23.72 per cent of the total votes polled in Punjab, while the Congress had secured 38.5 per cent of the total votes polled.
AAP’s CM-face for Punjab Assembly elections 2022, on Monday, said that his party will accept the mandate of the people. “People’s mandate as to in whose hands will they place the reins of the future of their children, youth, elderlies for the next 5 years is locked in the machines (EVMs). Results will come on the 10th, we will accept the mandate of people,” Bhagwant Mann said.
Punjab witnessed a multi-cornered election this time. The Congress, BJP, Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab Lok Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal, and Bahujan Samaj Party are the key political groups vying for power in the state. The PLC was allied with the Bhartiya Janata Party and Sanyukt Akali Dal (SAD) for the 117-seat Punjab Assembly polls.
” The boxes (sealed EVMs) will say what is going to happen. Wait for the 10th of March: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi when asked about early exit polls showing AAP forming govt in Punjab,” said Charanjit Singh Channi.
Punjab, which went to polls in a single phase on February 20, witnessed a multi-cornered battle between the Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party which contested polls this time without its long-time ally Shiromani Akali Dal.
A regional force to reckon with in Punjab, Akali Dal severed its ties with its political partner of 24 years over the now-repealed farm laws.
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