Punjab Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: Incredible Inquilab, Says AAP’s Kejriwal, Appeals People All Over Country to ‘Stand for Change’
Punjab Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: Calling the AAP’s performance in Punjab as a “revolution”, party national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that with their huge mandate, the people have said that Kejriwal is not a terrorist. First, this revolution happened in Delhi, then in Punjab and it will now happen all over the country, he said as trends showed that the AAP was set to form
The Aam Aadmi Party has turned giant-slayer in Punjab election 2022 with its candidates defeating heavyweights like outgoing chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi in Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in Amritsar East, former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh in Patiala and Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal in Lambi.
In his victory speech, Punjab Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann has promised to fix unemployment in the state as his first task in office. In an outreach to Dalit voters, Bhagwant Mann said no government office in the state will have the photo of the Punjab CM, but will carry a portrait of Dalit icon DR Ambedkar. The ruling Congress has been relegated to second position in the state, losing power.
Exit polls 2022 had predicted a landslide win for AAP Chief Minister candidate Bhagwant Mann in Assembly Election Results 2022. Majority of the Punjab exit polls results had been unanimous in predicting a clean sweep for the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party with 75-90 seats in the 117-seat Punjab Assembly, where the halfway mark is 59. A handful had projected a hung Assembly in Punjab, the lone poll-bound state where the Congress was in power, with an edge for the AAP. With the Punjab Election Results handing a thumping victory to the AAP, the party has taken a giant step on road to becoming a national party. The Punjab Election 2022 percentage share of parties will be interesting to watch now.