AAP suffers setback in bastion Sangrur

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a major jolt in its bastion Sangrur, as it could win only seven of the 29 seats of the local Municipal Council. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had represented the seat in the Lok Sabha.

AAP failed to entice voters in most of the urban areas in Sangrur. This is perhaps for the first time that the party suffered such a defeat in an election here. The AAP candidates won in ward No. 1, 3, 6, 21, 23, 24 and 25.

The Congress won in nine wards, while the BJP bagged three seats out of the 20 it had contested. Independent candidates won in 10 wards.

AAP failed to perform in the city even as it has been claiming that it offered several concessions to people, especially 300 units of free electricity and thousands of jobs.

Meanwhile, AAP candidates emerged winners in 11 of the 13 wards of the Dirba Nagar Panchayat (NP). A BJP candidate and an Independent won a seat each. In 13-ward Cheema NP, eight candidates of AAP and an Independent were already declared unopposed. In the elections to five seats on Saturday, AAP won three while an Independent candidate was declared winner on one seat. In the Sunam byelection, the AAP candidate emerged victorious.

People voted for development agenda

People have voted for development agenda of our party. The voters have reposed their faith in our

ability to deliver.

Aman Arora, state president, AAP

Did well despite misuse of official machinery

Despite misuse of official machinery by the ruling AAP, the Congress has performed well in Amritsar and Phagwara. In Patiala and Jalandhar, many of our candidates were not allowed to file nomination papers.

Amarinder Raja Warring, PPCC Chief

Ruling party had already hijacked polls

AAP used all tactics to stop our candidates from filing papers. The party had already hijacked the elections. Action should be taken against officials who helped the state government in targeting the opposition candidates.

Daljit Singh Cheema, SAD Leader

AAP, Congress in secret alliance

The AAP and Congress are in secret alliance to stop the BJP march. Most of our candidates were targeted during the filing of nomination papers and campaigning.

Vineet Joshi, state media head, BJP