CHANDIGARH, April 27 -- With this being the first election since Badal's passing, uncertainty looms over the village's voting patterns, traditionally aligned with the Akali Dal.

As Punjab gears up for the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections on June 1, the memory of Parkash Singh Badal, the patriarch of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), weighs heavily on the minds of the villagers in his native village of Badal.

With this being the first election since Badal's passing, uncertainty looms over the village's voting patterns, traditionally aligned with the Akali Dal. The Sunday Guardian attempted to engage with the residents of Badal Village to understand their perspectives on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and to ascertain whom they belie...