Polling is going peacefully in high-stakes Punjab Assembly elections. An election office spokesman said” 35 percent polling has taken place till 1 PM” on the other hand Director General of Police K Bhawra said”Polling is going peacefully”
Bikram Singh Majithia minister of Punjab faced difficulty while casting his vote in the morning due to the technical bug in EVM at polling station number 35, Ward number 5 in Majitha constituency in Amritsar district.
So far Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh and his wife Preneet Kaur, including Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, his wife and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Congress vetran Rajinder Kaur Bhattal have cast their votes.
Former Army chief General J J Singh (retd) of SAD, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Pargat Singh of Congress, Sucha Singh Chhotepur of Apna Punjab Party (APP), and Bhagwant Mann, Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi and Sukhpal Singh Khaira of AAP also cast their votes.
Punjab is openly witnessing a three-angular competition between the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance, opponent Congress and new starter Aam Aadmi Party.
