India 2022 assembly elections Feb/Mar and Nov/Dec

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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/aap-to-announce-its-cm-candidate-for-punjab-polls-in-hours-from-now-issues-detailed-schedule-362293

"Bhagwant Mann is AAP’s CM candidate for Punjab polls"

AAP projects Bhagwant Mann as its CM face in Punjab.  There was no real alternative but  AAP leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal dragged this out just to show that he is the top dog in AAP and that he made the call to make Bhagwant Mann AAP CM face for Punjab.

In the meantime the INC internal battle continues

https://indianexpress.com/elections/%EF%BB%BFcongress-video-channi-next-punjab-cm-7728475/

"Congress Twitter handle posts video projecting Channi as CM face in Punjab"

It is clear eventually INC will either project no one or just project INC CM Charanjit Singh Channi as the CM face while Punjab INC Prez  Navjot Singh Sidhu continues to snipe in the background.  The lack of unity will continue to dog INC in the rest of the campaign.

What happens if Congress wins and Channi continues as CM? Will Sidhu accept the decision? I suspect not. Or could Sidhu come out on top? Congress might lose anyway, but victory will also prompt a lot of hardship for the party.

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Zee News final Punjab poll has SAD+ surging at the expense of AAP leading to a completely deadlocked assembly.

               Seats     Vote share
AAP           41             34%
INC           40              30%
SAD+        27              25%
BJP+          5                 6%
Others        4                 5% (2 of the 4 must be LIF)

In this scenario, what do you think would happen? Would AAP or Congress be able to successfully poach enough MLAs for a majority, form an alliance with each other or SAD, or eventually hold another election in the fall?

Almost certainly another election.  Any party of (INC AAP SAD) that accepts being a junior party in a coalition government will be completely smashed in the next election which is likely to take place in a year or two anyway.  None of them will take this risk and after a few weeks of useless talks and posturing, there will be another election.

Would a hung assembly and another election possibly benefit Navjhot Singh Siddhu?

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Would a hung assembly and another election possibly benefit Navjhot Singh Siddhu?

I doubt it. He is not even that popular.

The same Zee Punjab poll had a question on the best CM

Bhagwant Mann(AAP)            38%
Charanjit Singh Channi(INC)  34%
Sukhbir Singh Badal(SAD)     20%
Navjot Singh Sidhu(INC)         5%
Capt Amarinder Singh(BJP+)   3%

Besides, I do not know why Navjot Singh Sidhu wants to be CM.  He has no real executive or administrative experience.  At best he becomes a PR person like UP CM Yogi Adityanath and a bunch of bureaucrats run the state.  He is much more suited to operate at the national level.

Well, that man's ambitions knows no bounds. I am sure he thinks he is the best man for the job. 

https://indianexpress.com/elections/punjab-polls-those-at-the-top-want-a-weak-cm-says-sidhu-7756863/

Amid indications that the Congress, following a tele-survey, is set to name Charanjit Singh Channi as its chief ministerial face ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, party’s state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu triggered a row saying those at top want a “weak CM ” who will toe their line.

Sidhu, who returned from Vaishno Devi shrine Thursday evening, was addressing a public function in Amritsar. His remarks were widely perceived to be directed at the Congress high command, even though Sidhu’s media advisers denied it.

“The top wants a weak CM. They want a CM who will sing their tunes. Naach meri bulbul tujhe paisa milage (Dance, my bulbul, you will get money),” Sidhu said as his supporters raised slogans, “Hamara CM kaisa ho, Navjot Sidhu jaisa ho.

If there is another election, I am sure he will try to marginalise Channi. Not sure what the INC can do about it. He is somewhat unpredictable.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns as Punjab INC Prez

I guess he would have been better off if he had waited and let Amarinder Singh lose the 2022 elections.