Congress has started a series of such incidents in Punjab, which it can no longer control.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced plans to start a new political organization And find an arrangement with the BJP ahead of next year’s assembly elections in the state. NS BJP is warming up to the idea. The proposed new party and its partnership with the BJP is an act of expediency and opportunism of a high order on both sides. Congress has Forced Mr. Singh to step down as Chief Minister In September, abruptly ended his role at the helm of party affairs in the state. Not only was the reason for his removal, but his decision to quit the party with which he has been associated for four decades, says something unpleasant about Mr. Singh. He can even think of joining hands with the BJP without blinking an eye, which also shows that his politics has little more than a sense of entitlement. The Captain has been a central character in Congress politics, especially in the years following the rise of the BJP in 2014. He led the party to victory in Punjab in 2017 and led the Congress’ performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the state. was due. Eventually, Mr. Singh has decided to end his long political career by sleeping with the enemy.
The BJP is a marginal player in Punjab, and the ongoing controversy over three agricultural laws has further alienated it from the state’s farming communities. Apart from debating on the merits and demerits of agricultural laws, the BJP also raised questions on the patriotism of the protesters. The party is now hoping to reach out to Sikh farmers through a partnership with Capt. Whether it can offer any compromise that farmers may find pleasant, remains to be seen. The Congress high command cannot free itself from the mess of the state. It decided to destabilize its government for no apparent reason, and raised a turncoat to lead its state unit. The party appointed a Dalit Sikh as Chief Minister in place of Mr. Singh, a bold experiment fraught with fresh problems. If it can mobilize public opinion in favor of its politics of social justice, the Congress can stay in the count. The Akali Dal, along with its long-time ally, the BJP, is now hoping to profit from the confusion created by the crisis in the Congress. Congress has started a chain of events over which it is no longer in control. It also appears incapable of reorganizing its strategy for the state. With an untested chief minister and an arrogant party chief, the party finds itself in an unreliable position in Punjab. The abandonment by Mr. Singh greatly spoils its prospects. While it may be too late to put the former chief minister in the court, at least the Congress high command can strengthen the hands of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and not give the impression that he is keeping the seat hot for the vagabond. Party’s Punjab unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu.
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