The picture of the results of the assembly elections in Punjab is almost clear. Here the Aam Aadmi Party has completely cleared the Congress. In such a situation, a question arises that will Punjab become the second Delhi for the Congress? In fact, from the very beginning, the public vote in the Lok Sansad of Punjab was continuously for Arvind Kejriwal’s party. Those whose ears were on the ground, especially the five leaders who were the main contenders for the throne, could see and hear public opinion loud and clear in this campaign.
Talking about the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party came as the main opposition in the state with 20 seats. But this time the Aam Aadmi Party’s storm also ruined the iron pillars around which state politics had revolved for decades. We are talking about the Shiromani Akali Dal, which has an alliance with the Congress and the BJP in this election.
It is said that the politics of Punjab and Shiromani Akali Dal have been complementary to each other for a long time. Shiromani Akali Dal has formed the government several times in Punjab. But this time you got carried away by the storm.
The Shiromani Akali Dal, in the initial phases of the campaign, celebrated its 100-year legacy at a rally in Moga on December 14. But to no avail, the AAP juggernaut defeated its major rivals as well as the stalwarts who were their calling cards.
In such a situation, the question is whether the people have rejected the main political parties of the state or their leadership? Let us tell you that the big names in the list of losers included four former Chief Ministers Parkash Singh Badal, Captain Amarinder Singh, RK Bhattal and Charanjit Singh Channi.
It is to be known that this time Channi was declared by Congress as the CM face of Charanjit Singh Channi. There were many reasons behind this, but the biggest one in which the biggest reason was caste. In fact, Charanjit Singh Channi is the first Dalit CM of Punjab and the Dalit community here constitutes 32 percent of the population. But the people of Punjab have rejected Channi in the assembly elections. Channi lost from both his seats in the results that came on Thursday, Hash Channi had contested from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur seats in these elections, but despite this he could not save his chair.
After the victory of Punjab, AAP’s stature will increase and AAP has made Punjab the second Delhi for Congress. After the AAP decisively snatched the national capital from the Congress seven years ago, even the BJP is as much a player in Delhi as it is in Punjab.
The two traditional parties – the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) – had several reasons for their misery in Punjab. Both these parties have ruled the state for the last seven decades.