Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu (C) flashes the victory sign after his win as a Congress Party candidate for the Punjab Legislative Assembly in Amritsar on March 11, 2017.
The beleaguered Congress was set to clinch a face-saving victory in Punjab, upsetting the apple cart of the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party, an anti-corruption party led by Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal which was tipped in some surveys to win in the state.
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Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh (2nd L) addresses the media after his victory to reclaim the Punjab chief minister position in Chandigarh on March 11, 2017.
The beleaguered Congress clinched a face-saving victory in Punjab, upsetting the apple cart of the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party, an anti-corruption party led by Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal which was tipped in some surveys to win in the state.
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Indian supporters of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate elections results in Siliguri on March 11, 2017.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to tighten his grip on power on March 11 with early trends from a string of state elections showing his nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party leading in the key battleground of Uttar Pradesh.
/ AFP PHOTO / DIPTENDU DUTTA
Indian supporters of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate elections results in Siliguri on March 11, 2017.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to tighten his grip on power on March 11 with early trends from a string of state elections showing his nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party leading in the key battleground of Uttar Pradesh.
/ AFP PHOTO / DIPTENDU DUTTA
Indian supporters of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate elections results in Siliguri on March 11, 2017.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to tighten his grip on power on March 11 with early trends from a string of state elections showing his nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party leading in the key battleground of Uttar Pradesh.
/ AFP PHOTO / DIPTENDU DUTTA
A supporter of National Peoples Party (NPP) candidate Y. Joykumar shouts as she celebrates his win won in the Uripok constituency in Imphal, the capital city of Indis northeastern state of Assam, on March 11, 2017.
The multi-phase elections across India, which began in February, ended on Wednesday, with results announced on March 11.
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National Peoples Party (NPP) candidate Y. Joykumar celebrates after winning the Uripok constituency in Imphal, the capital city of Indis northeastern state of Assam, on March 11, 2017.
The multi-phase elections across India, which began in February, ended on Wednesday, with results announced on March 11. / AFP PHOTO / Biju BORO
Supporters of Congress wave their flags as they celebrate their candidate’s win in state assembly elections in Imphal, the capital city of Indis northeastern state of Assam, on March 11, 2017.
The multi-phase elections, which began in February, ended on Wednesday after which exit polls — that have proved unreliable in the past — were allowed to be published. Nearly all predicted BJP to be ahead in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa. The only crumb of comfort for Congress — which has led India for most of the post-independence period — was in Punjab where initial counting has given it an edge.
/ AFP PHOTO / Biju BORO
Dejected Indian Samajwadi Party supporters sit at their party offices as they discuss the party’s poor performances in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in Lucknow on March 11, 2017.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to tighten his grip on power on March 11 with early trends from a string of state elections showing his nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party leading in the key battleground of Uttar Pradesh.
/ AFP PHOTO / SANJAY KANOJIA
Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wave their flags as they celebrate state assembly elections results in Imphal, the capital city of Indis northeastern state of Assam, on March 11, 2017.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was heading for a landslide in the key battleground state of Uttar Pradesh, strengthening his grip on power, early counting of votes showed March 11.
/ AFP PHOTO / Biju BORO
Indian Congress Party candidate for the Jalandhar West constituency Sushil Rinku (C) greets supporters after his win in Jalandhar on March 11, 2017.
The beleaguered Congress was set to clinch a face-saving victory in Punjab, upsetting the apple cart of the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party, an anti-corruption party led by Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal which was tipped in some surveys to win in the state.
/ AFP PHOTO / SHAMMI MEHRA
Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu (C) flashes the victory sign after his win as a Congress Party candidate for the Punjab Legislative Assembly in Amritsar on March 11, 2017.
The beleaguered Congress was set to clinch a face-saving victory in Punjab, upsetting the apple cart of the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party, an anti-corruption party led by Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal which was tipped in some surveys to win in the state.
/ AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU
