NEW DELHI: The Congress party's Captain Amarinder Singh got his best present on his 75th birthday today when he won from Patiala, even as his Congress party appears to be winning handily after almost a decade. Amarinder is reported to have won Patiala by 52375 votes.
The Congress is ahead in as many as 74 seats In Punjab- it needs just 59 to form a government - and looks well set to form the government there.
The Punjab Congress President is expected to celebrate at Patiala's Moti Bagh Palace this evening. Celebrations will be for two reasons - his win and because Amarinder will also become the longest living scion of the erstwhile Patiala princely state. While no invites have been sent, Amarinder was most likely to host a grand party at the palace, with Congress MLAs and other party leaders expected to be here by Saturday evening.
So what if Amarinder appears to be losing to incumbent chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in the Lambi constituency where also contested from? Badal's Shiromani Akali Dal (with the BJP) is losing badly.Bulk whatsapp sms service provider
Source:-TOI
The Congress is ahead in as many as 74 seats In Punjab- it needs just 59 to form a government - and looks well set to form the government there.
The Punjab Congress President is expected to celebrate at Patiala's Moti Bagh Palace this evening. Celebrations will be for two reasons - his win and because Amarinder will also become the longest living scion of the erstwhile Patiala princely state. While no invites have been sent, Amarinder was most likely to host a grand party at the palace, with Congress MLAs and other party leaders expected to be here by Saturday evening.
So what if Amarinder appears to be losing to incumbent chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in the Lambi constituency where also contested from? Badal's Shiromani Akali Dal (with the BJP) is losing badly.Bulk whatsapp sms service provider
Amarinder, who decided to also contest from Patiala - his safe constituency - had the last laugh, because all the campaign sniping about his 'being afraid' of losing from Lambi aside, he is very likely going to be Punjab's Congress chief minister. And Badal will be losing his CM position.
Source:-TOI