With the completion of the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, it’s Punjab’s turn. Voting in its 13 Lok Sabha constituencies is scheduled for June 1, in a contest whose contours seem considerably altered since the last polls of 2019. The relative strength, alignments and strategies of key players reflect the new political setting in the state, and their implications for voters’ electoral choices.
The nature of the contest has been shaped by factors linked to this reordering, some of which can be seen as setting the stage for June 1.
