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Amidst the multi-cornered contest in Punjab, early leads on Thursday indicated the Aam Aadmi Party (<keyword id="6356115" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aap" source="Orion">AAP</keyword>) is heading to a landslide maiden victory in the state, trailing the traditional parties -- Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Prominent faces who were trailing in the first two hours of counting of ballots included five-time former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal from his bastion Lambi; Congress chief ministerial candidate and incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi on both seats -- Chamkaur Sahib, a reserved seat that he has won three consecutive times, and Bhadaur in Barnala district; and Congress state unit chief Navjot Sidhu from Amritsar (East), the seat that came into being after 2012 delimitation and has backed Sidhu and his namesake wife -- Navjot Kaur. Congress rebel Capt Amarinder Singh, whose fledgling Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) is contesting the polls in alliance with the BJP and SAD (Sanyukt), is trailing from his 'royal' bastion Patiala (Urban). <table class="redcator-table-advance" style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody></table><table class="redcator-table-advance"><tbody><tr><td>Alliance/Party </td><td>Leading/Won </td><td>Change from 2017 </td></tr><tr><td>AAP </td><td>92 </td><td>+72 </td></tr><tr><td>Congress </td><td>18 </td><td>-59 </td></tr><tr><td>Akali+ </td><td>3 </td><td>-12 </td></tr><tr><td>BJP+ </td><td>2 </td><td>-1 </td></tr><tr><td>Other </td><td>2 </td><td>+2 </td></tr></tbody></table>Source: Election Commision of India AAP's chief ministerial face and sitting MP <keyword id="101521" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bhagwant-mann" source="Orion">Bhagwant Mann</keyword> is leading from Dhuri, the seat from where he's trying luck for the first time. Sanyukt Samaj Morcha chief and its chief ministerial face Balbir Singh Rajewal is also trailing in Samrala. AAP's first-timer Jagtar Singh is leading on that seat. Counting for the 117 Assembly constituencies started at 8 a.m. Postal ballots were counted first. A three-tier security system has been put in place. The polls for the 117 Assembly constituencies were held on February 20 and a total 1,54,69,618 voters exercised their right to franchise. The election results can be obtained from the official website of CEO Punjab --- ceopunjab.gov.in or results.eci.gov.in. Also, results can also be obtained from voter helpline mobile application. As per exit polls, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is emerging as a major contender, while the Congress is struggling hard to retain power. In the 2017 elections, the Congress had won an absolute majority by winning 77 seats in the 117-member assembly and ousted the SAD-BJP government after 10 years. The AAP had emerged as the second-largest party, winning 20 seats. SAD won 15 seats, while the BJP, which had a coalition government with the Akali Dal in Punjab from 2007 to 2017, secured three seats. *With Inputs from IANS SEE ALSO <a class="tout-title-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/hul-future-retail-dr-reddys-bharti-airtel-among-stocks-to-watch-out-for-on-march-10/slidelist/90114443.cms">HUL, Future Retail, Dr Reddy’s, Bharti Airtel among stocks to watch out for on March 10</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/early-trends-bjp-leads-in-up-uttarakhand-manipur-aap-in-punjab-cong-in-goa/articleshow/90116215.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Early Trends: BJP leads in UP, Uttarakhand &amp; Manipur; AAP in Punjab; Cong in Goa</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/india/news/uttarakhand-elections-2022-former-cm-harish-rawat-of-congress-leading-in-lal-kuan-seat/articleshow/90116045.cms">Uttarakhand elections 2022: Former CM Harish Rawat of Congress leading in Lal Kuan seat</a>

AAP is leading in 92 seats in Punjab elections, Congress in 18

Chandigarh, Mar 24 () Farmers in Punjab fear that the coronavirus outbreak may cast a shadow over the upcoming harvesting and procurement of wheat crop next month. With the state authorities imposing restrictions like curfew to check spread of coronavirus, the growers expressed fear that if the current situation prolongs, it will have an adverse impact on harvesting and procurement of winter crop. Potato growers are already facing difficulty in getting labour for harvesting the tuber because of restrictions imposed in the state, they said. Sukhdev Singh Kokri, general secretary of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) (Ugrahan) said, "How will farmers harvest their crop and go to mandis to sell it if the restrictions continue to remain in place? This is a big question before every farmer now." "If this current situation lasts long, farmers are going to face a lot of hardships," Bhartiya Kisan Union (Rajewal) President Balbir Singh Rajewal told on Tuesday. "There is going to be a big problem of procurement in such a situation as labour is not going to come," he said. Majority of migrant labour had gone to their native places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. They return when wheat harvesting starts in Punjab. "We are going to face shortage of labour next month. The movement of people have been restricted because of coronavirus," pointed out BKU (Kadian) President Harmeet Singh Kadiyan. Kadiyan asked the state government to find out some way so farmers do not face any problem in harvesting and procurement of crop. Punjab, which is considered the food bowl of the country, is expecting about 180 lakh metric tonnes of wheat output this season. Harvesting normally takes place after the first week of April in Punjab and it gradually picks up pace. Farmers said the inclement weather conditions had already damaged crop in several parts of the state and if no solution is found, they will face huge losses. The Punjab government clamped a curfew on Monday after finding that people were ignoring the statewide lockdown ordered by it. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ordered the imposition of a "full curfew with no relaxations". Prime Minister Narendra Modi late evening on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown across the country for 21 days from Tuesday midnight, asserting that social distancing is the only way out for the country in its decisive battle against the coronavirus. Punjab has reported 29 coronavirus cases so far in the state. CHS VSD RVK

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