new Delhi: All the 117 assembly seats of Punjab (Punjab Assembly Election 2022) are going to go to polls tomorrow i.e. on Sunday. The competition in the state is being seen multi-cornered. In Punjab, around 2.14 crore voters will decide the fate of 1,304 candidates who are trying their luck in 117 seats. Of these candidates, 93 women are also included.
Presently there is a Congress government in the state. Whose term will end on March 27. According to the election officials, the preparations for the polling for the Punjab Assembly elections have been completed and the votes will be cast from 8 am to 6 pm in the state.
It is noteworthy that this time in Punjab, there is a multi-cornered contest between the Congress, AAP, the SAD-BSP alliance, the BJP-PLC-SAD (United) and the Samyukta Samaj Morcha, a political wing of various farmers’ organisations. The ruling Congress, which is trying to retain its power, has faced scathing attacks from various political opponents over various issues, including the issue of drugs and corruption. At the same time, Congress is fighting these attacks with decisions like reduction in electricity rates and fuel prices during Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s tenure of 111 days.
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has emerged as the most prominent rival, is trying to capture power by projecting the Delhi model of governance. A lot is also at stake for the Shiromani Akali Dal, which has entered the fray in the year 2020 in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) after breaking ties with the BJP over agricultural laws issues.
BJP, which was a minor ally in alliance with SAD, is in the role of elder brother in this alliance. The BJP has tied up with former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (United) for this election.
The BJP has appealed to the voters to form a “double engine government for Nawa Punjab”. Many farmers’ organizations of Punjab, who were involved in the farmers’ movement against the agricultural laws of the Center, have also entered the state assembly elections by forming ‘United Samaj Morcha’ and for this, Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union (Chadhuni) leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni led Samyukt Sangharsh Party. aligned with. Famous faces whose electoral fortunes are at stake in this election include Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann, Congress Punjab unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu, former Chief Ministers Amarinder Singh and Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali The party’s president Sukhbir Singh Badal is the chief.
Former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, BJP’s Punjab unit president Ashwani Sharma and former union minister Vijay Sampla are also trying their luck in this election. In this election, all the major parties have made promises to give freebies to the voters to make them in their favour. AAP has promised one thousand rupees each to all women while Congress has also promised one thousand rupees per month to needy women.
The SAD-BSP alliance has promised Rs 2,000 per month to the female head of a blue card (below poverty line) household, as well as to reserve 75 per cent of the state’s government and private jobs for Punjab’s youth. has done. The BJP alliance has also made a similar promise, but for government jobs.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Smriti Irani, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal campaigned for the Punjab Assembly elections. The election campaign in the state ended on Friday. It is noteworthy that in the 2017 assembly elections, Congress got 77 seats, SAD-BJP alliance 18, AAP 20 seats while two seats went to Lok Insaaf Party.(With language input)