Chandigarh, Feb. 12 -- The political landscape in Punjab is witnessing a seismic shift as major parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Indian National Congress, on Sunday declared their decisions to go solo in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The failure of pre-poll alliances, coupled with the breakdown of talks between the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has sent ripples across the State's political spectrum - with the state set to witness quadrangular electoral contest.

In a series of significant announcements, national heads of both AAP and Congress - Arvind Kejriwal and Mallikarjun Kharge respectively - addressed separate party events in Punjab on Sunday. Kejriwal announced AAP's deci...