UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007

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<b>The BJP is the winner, says Capt Amarinder </b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Talking to Hindustan Times minutes after submitting his resignation to the Punjab Governor, Amarinder said he was quite surprised by the rout of the party candidates in the urban areas. "We have done exceedingly well in the rural belt, especially the Malwa region, but the urban voters have voted against us," he said.

Saying that Malwa had voted for the Congress on the expected lines but not Majha and Doaba,<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'> Amarinder said, "as is apparent we have lost to the BJP and not the Akalis. The BJP’s tally of 19 against just three in the last assembly has tilted scales against us".</span>
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Refusing to accept that his overindulgence to woo the peasantry and the Jat Sikhs had backfired, distancing the urban Hindus from the party, Amarinder said, "It’s not true.
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