Patiala: The sixteenth Punjab meeting elections spelled doom for Congress with sitting CM Charanjit Singh Channi together with 9 of his ministers out of a complete 18 dealing with a crushing defeat from their opponents within the state.

However, those that rebelled in opposition to former chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh managed to win.

“Those who raised the general public points and remained vocal in opposition to Captain Amarinder and Badals, have managed to win seats. It is a transparent indication that folks voted for them standing for his or her trigger, in any other case nobody was profitable a seat on this tsunami of AAP,” stated a ballot pundit.

Channi misplaced from each the seats – his house turf Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur.

In Majha, Deputy chief minister OP Soni, who had received 5 successive polls, misplaced to his loyalist and former councillor Dr Ajay Gupta of AAP from Amritsar Central. Cabinet minister Raj Kumar Verka misplaced the Congress stronghold Amritsar west to AAP candidate Dr Jasbir Singh Sandhu, who obtained virtually 58 % of complete polled votes.

In Malwa, Manpreet Singh Badal misplaced to his aide Jagroop Gill, a former Congress councillor who joined AAP. Government staff had waged a conflict in opposition to Badal for denying them service advantages and pay fee.

Similarly, Kaka Randeep Singh completed third from Amloh. The industrialists of Mandi Gobindgarh had run a secret marketing campaign in opposition to Randeep, apparently resulting in his fall.

Ludhiana strongman Bharat Bhushan Ashu additionally misplaced to his protege Gurpreet Bassi, who rebelled and joined AAP. Another Hindu face of the cupboard Vijayinder Singla misplaced to first time AAP candidate Narinder Kaur Bharaj, whereas cupboard minister Brahm Mohindra did not contest and obtained the ticket allotted to his son. However, his son Mohit Mohindra misplaced to AAP candidate. Similarly, Gurkirat Singh Kotli from Khanna and Razia Sultana from Malerkotla completed distant second from AAP candidates.

In Doaba, Sangat Singh Gilzian, who has received thrice from Urmar, misplaced this time.

However, Rana Gurjit Singh not solely received his Kapurthala seat, however he additionally ensured victory for his son who contested as a Congress insurgent from Sultanpur Lodhi.

Majha area emerged as a face saver for the social gathering. Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, cupboard ministers Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Sukhbinder Singh Sukhsarkaria, who rebelled in opposition to Capt. Amarinder Singh, managed to win the elections.

Cabinet ministers Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Pargat Singh and Aruna Chaudhry, who additionally rebelled in opposition to Amarinder and sided with the Majha specific, additionally tasted victory.

However, the victory margins of Congress stalwarts remained very skinny as deputy CM Randhawa managed to win his seat by solely 466 votes.