As they get set to take on each other in the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab, the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) have one thing in common.
The two traditional rivals, who dominated the state politics for decades, have fallen back on losers of the 2017 state assembly elections for key Lok Sabha seats in the May 19 slugfest in the state.
The ruling Congress has fielded four candidates who ended up in the runners-up column in the state polls two years ago, whereas three such candidates figure among the nominees announced by the opposition SAD.