With the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) witnessing a gradual decrease in its vote share over the years in Punjab’s political space, the party ‘chronic spoilsport’ role continues to shrink in electoral politics of the State, even as it could still play a spoilsport in a handful of parliamentary constituencies in the 2024 General Election.
Political observers feel that while the BSP’s vote share is relatively small, the party may dent the electoral prospects of mainstream parties in the ‘Dalit’ dominated parliamentary constituencies including Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Jalandhar, and Faridkot as Punjab is all set for a multi-corner contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha election against the triangular battles, which were seen since 2014, after the entry of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab’s electoral politics.
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