Ex-Punjab State Chief Announces His Own Party Ahead of Crucial Assembly Polls

Assembly elections in the Indian state of Punjab are scheduled for early 2022. The Congress party won the last elections by securing 77 assembly seats out of 117, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerged as the main opposition by winning 20 seats. The country’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won only three seats.