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Punjab election results 2022: 'Revenge' vote gets AAP landslide

Badals, Amarinder, Channi, and Sidhu lose as AAP's promises convince voters

The declaration of Bhagwant Mann as the CM candidate played a crucial role in AAP’s acceptance among voters. Photo: PTI
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The declaration of Bhagwant Mann as the CM candidate played a crucial role in AAP’s acceptance among voters. Photo: PTI

Sai Manish
The wave was unmistakable. Perhaps it’s the sheer magnitude that would have left even comedian turned politician and Punjab’s next chief minister Bhagwant Mann perplexed.  The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) spectacular victory, the largest ever by any party since the re-organisation of the state in 1966, has come on the back of stellar performances in all three regions of Punjab – Doaba, Malwa and Majha. The Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) that have ruled the state between themselves since independence have suffered a huge blow in the state. AAP’s sweep has meant that for the second consecutive time,

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