02-13-2007, 12:45 AM
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/12punpoll3.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Intelligence inputs show it will be tough for Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to retain the state, while the opposition are still keeping their fingers crossed.
A senior Intelligence Bureau officer told rediff.com that Singh is fighting a losing battle and the state is as good as lost.
But the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal are still guarded, thanks largely to Singh's masterstroke of tying up with a religious sect called the Sacha Sauda.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Intelligence inputs show it will be tough for Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to retain the state, while the opposition are still keeping their fingers crossed.
A senior Intelligence Bureau officer told rediff.com that Singh is fighting a losing battle and the state is as good as lost.
But the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal are still guarded, thanks largely to Singh's masterstroke of tying up with a religious sect called the Sacha Sauda.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->