The Congress, seemingly on a comeback trail, is hoping it can scare the Punjabi voter by telling them that the freebies of electricity and water Kejriwal had promised to the people of Delhi would be supplied from their state, which would be a big blow to Punjab’s economy. But after finding all kinds of faults in his old party, Sukhpal Singh Khaira has joined the AAP. Isn’t the turncoat an indicator of the direction in which the voters are bending?



The SAD is wishfully calculating that Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal’s nephew Manpreet would again eat into the anti-incumbency votes as he had done in the 2012 elections, which psephologists had predicted would go the Congress way. The BJP, not sure it can go it alone, is hoping against hope that the expulsion of MPs Dharamvira Gandhi, Harinder Khalsa and the AAP’s disciplinary committee chairman and state executive member Daljit Singh has rendered the new challenger weak. Maybe the BJP seeks solace also in pro-Khalistani Harpal Singh Cheema’s words. He believes hardliners will remain with Akalis, Hindus will vote for the BJP and the moderates will get divided between the Congress and the AAP, thus not letting Kejriwal’s party take full advantage of the anti-incumbent mood.