Ludhiana:Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is sweeping Punjab polls leaving some of the big names in state politics red-faced. Be it Navjot Singh Sidhu, the veteran Parkash Singh Badal, CM Charanjit Singh Channi, or Capt. Amarinder Singh - all have lost their seats to AAP candidates thus marking a significant shift in the regional politics of this border state.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and his friend-turned-foe-turned-friend Charanjit Singh Channi both lost to AAP candidates. Navjot faced an embarrassing defeat in Amritsar (East) seat losing to AAP's Jeewan Jyot Kaur by over 6,000 votes while Channi lost from both the seats - Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur. In Bhadaur, AAP's Labh Singh got over 57,000 votes, while Channi could manage around 23,000 votes. In Chamkaur Sahib, Channi got some 50,000 votes, while his rival and namesake from Aam Aadmi Party Charanjit Singh got over 54,000 votes.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) also got faced defeats. Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal lost by a margin of over 23,000 votes in the Jalalabad constituency to AAP's Aadmi Party's Jagdeep Kamboj. Veteran SAD leader Parkash Singh Badal lost the Lambi constituency by a margin of over 11,000 votes against Aam Aadmi Party's AP’s Gurmeet Singh Khudian. Another SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia lost from Amritsar East by a margin of 14,408 votes to AAP's Jeewan Jyot Kaur.