SAD-BSP will win 80-plus seats in Punjab, says Sukhbir Singh Badal amid voting

Muktsar (Punjab), February 20: Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is contesting from Jalalabad in Punjab Assembly elections, said that the SAD-BSP alliance will make a clean sweep in the state, winning over 80 seats in the polls. "While many others like Captain Amarinder Singh have moved to other parties on not getting election tickets, we have been standing firm at one place for the last three generations," said Shiromani Akali Dal leader and five times Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Meanwhile, Sukhbir Singh Badal showed confidence that his SAD-BSP alliance will win the elections with a sweeping majority this time. "We will get 80 plus seats," he claimed. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, and Parkash Singh Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) cast their votes at a voting station in Government Primary Smart School, Badal Village, Lambi constituency in Punjab's Muktsar district. Also Read | Punjab Elections 2022 Live Updates: 34.10 pc polling in Punjab till 1 pm Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, remarked, "Today people want a stable, strong government. As a border state, it has many challenges. I'm sure there's going to be a clean sweep in favour of a tried & tested local, regional party that understand the aspirations of the local people." Voting for 117 constituencies for the Punjab Assembly elections began at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security. In Punjab, over 2.14 crore voters will decide the fate of 1,304 candidates, who are in the fray from 117 constituencies. Also Read | Punjab reports 17.77 percent voter turnout till 11 am There are 2,14,99,804 voters in Punjab who are eligible to exercise their franchise on Sunday. There are 1,304 candidates--1209 male, 93 women and two transgenders are in the fray in 117 constituencies spread across 23 districts of the state. The state is witnessing a multi-cornered contest this time with Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, and the coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party-former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress party as key players. The counting of votes will be done on March 10. FOR FULL COVERAGE OF PUNJAB ELECTIONS 2022, CLICK HERE -PTC News