Punjab is such an election that no one has been able to call till date. It is an intense battle with rapidly changing fortunes within the Congress, an upcoming Aam Aadmi Party, seasoned challenger Shiromani Akali Dal and a dead but unbeaten BJP. However, three possible events in November could decide the course of Punjab elections.
The top organizer will be the Special Investigation Teams (SITs) that will complete the investigation into the 2015 Faridkot sacrilege and police firing cases. The six-month deadline set by the High Court for this ends in early November. Around the same time, the High Court is also expected to open the sealed cover in the drug investigation that was completed two years ago. It should come as no surprise that Navjot Singh Sidhu spoke on these two points at the top of his letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday.
Will this lead to arrest and action against the Badal family? The Congress has been promising this for a long time, but Badal has been calling it “political vendetta”.
Action against Badal?
Political opinion is divided in Punjab whether Sukhbir Singh BadalIf action is taken against him in these cases then Akali Dal’s chief ministerial candidate Akali Dal will get sympathy from the voters. His party is in dire need of a political hook to launch its campaign which has been blocked time and again by the farmers. The Congress feels that such an action will revive the old party’s electoral fortunes among the people.
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“The biggest emotional issue is the sacrilege and police firing in Punjab. Due to this Parkash Singh Badal lost power in the 2017 elections. If action is taken against Badal now, people will again rally with Congress despite anti-incumbency wave. So action in the drugs case will help…” a top Punjab Congress leader told News18.com.
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Another major event that could affect the Punjab elections is the announcement of the party’s chief ministerial face. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal. He has promised that the candidate will be a Sikh face from Punjab and is expected to be announced in November after Diwali.
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This could be a game-changer for AAP and the face could turn out to be a powerful entrant in the race for Punjab, as the party is already gaining some momentum after backing the farmers’ cause. Half a dozen names like actor Sonu Sood have been speculated. If a farmer leader is chosen as the chief minister’s face, it can further enhance AAP’s appeal among voters.
captain’s call
Captain can be the third major incident Amarinder Singh’s next step, which is also expected to happen in November. The 79-year-old Yoddha Singh has made some clever moves in these elections with a one-point agenda – hurting the Congress.
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Feeling humiliated by the way he was removed from his post as chief minister, Singh is determined to damage the political capital of his staunch Navjot Singh Sidhu and, with the tacit support of the BJP, create a regional outfit that Sidhu and his chief Could pit candidates against lieutenants. . However, Singh’s stand towards BJP leaders and his stand on issues like BSF’s expanded jurisdiction may hurt his credibility among farmers and people.
joker in the pack
The Joker in the pack, meanwhile, will have the potential to hold Congress together until the election and not risk further controversy. could be an important factor towards this goal Sonia Gandhi Making it clear that she will take charge of the affairs of the Congress with the elections in Punjab.
With Captain Amarinder Singh in cold storage after his removal as chief minister, Sonia Gandhi will have direct control over political campaigning and sending messages to voters in Punjab. She has also been clear on the larger issue of Punjab – that the three agricultural laws should be abolished. Temperamental and unpredictable, Navjot Singh Sidhu is the Congress’s strongest player in Punjab, whom the party cannot afford to lose.
Congress won the 2017 election campaign with two faces – Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu. With Amarinder out, Sidhu is now the face of the campaign and certainly the crowd-puller given Badal and his aggressive stance on issues like drug abuse and sacrilege. But Sidhu’s demand to remove the DGP and AG is yet to be accepted.
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In the midst of all this, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is quietly working on the agenda of the Congress in Punjab and after supporting it, he got shot in the hand. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to Lakhimpur. Even Rahul Gandhi had praised him in the recent CWC meeting and said that such people should be brought forward. After all, Channi can prove to be the real ‘Raja’.
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