Polling has begun in Punjab and Uttarakhand from 8 am with a tight security of around 70972 police force including 225 paramilitary forces have been deployed to have peaceful polling.
The main competition is between Chief Ministerial Parkash Singh Badal from Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance and Amarinder Singh of opposition Congress.
From Punjab, the highest numbers of candidates are in Jalalabad, Ludhiana-east and Patiala rural seats. Badal’s son Sukhbir Singh Badal who is currently the Deputy Chief Minister and President of the Akali Dal is also in the battle of election and contesting from Jalalabad. And Manpreet Singh Badal who is contesting on a People’s Party of Punjab ticket from Gidderbaha constituency after quitted the Akali Dal. Read more