Among the probable Chief Ministerial faces ahead of the 2027 Punjab elections, Sukhbir Singh Badal remains the central figure in the Shiromani Akali Dal’s leadership discussion. Despite his Jalalabad defeat in 2022 and being outside the Assembly, he continues to lead the party’s revival efforts and position himself as a key opposition voice. At the same time, internal dissent, breakaway groups, and new factions formed by former Akali leaders have exposed deep organisational cracks. In this backdrop, the real question is whether projecting him again as the CM face will consolidate the party or whether leadership fatigue and internal divisions could limit the reset the Akali Dal is aiming for ?
Among the probable Chief Ministerial faces ahead of the 2027 Punjab elections, Sukhbir Singh Badal remains the central figure in the Shiromani Akali Dal’s leadership discussion. Despite his Jalalabad defeat in 2022 and being outside the Assembly, he continues to lead the party’s revival efforts and position himself as a key opposition voice. At the same time, internal dissent, breakaway groups, and new factions formed by former Akali leaders have exposed deep organisational cracks. In this backdrop, the real question is whether projecting him again as the CM face will consolidate the party or whether leadership fatigue and internal divisions could limit the reset the Akali Dal is aiming for ?
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2027 के पंजाब विधानसभा चुनावों से पहले पंजाब कांग्रेस के संभावित मुख्यमंत्री चेहरों में से एक के रूप में अब ध्यान अमरिंदर सिंह राजा वड़िंग पर है। वर्तमान में पंजाब कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष और लुधियाना से सांसद, वड़िंग ने आंदोलन और सड़क की राजनीति को अपनी पहचान बना लिया है, कभी धरने पर, कभी प्रदर्शन में, और हमेशा सुर्खियों में। उनकी आक्रामक शैली पार्टी को दृश्यता तो देती है, लेकिन कई बार उनकी फिसलती जुबान और विवादित बयान मुद्दों से ज्यादा चर्चा का विषय बन जाते हैं। ऐसे में सवाल यह है कि क्या लगातार राजनीतिक सक्रियता उनकी मुख्यमंत्री छवि बना रही है या फिर माइक्रोफोन ही उनका सबसे बड़ा राजनीतिक जोखिम बनता जा रहा है ?
2027 के पंजाब विधानसभा चुनावों से पहले पंजाब कांग्रेस के संभावित मुख्यमंत्री चेहरों में से एक के रूप में अब ध्यान अमरिंदर सिंह राजा वड़िंग पर है। वर्तमान में पंजाब कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष और लुधियाना से सांसद, वड़िंग ने आंदोलन और सड़क की राजनीति को अपनी पहचान बना लिया है, कभी धरने पर, कभी प्रदर्शन में, और हमेशा सुर्खियों में। उनकी आक्रामक शैली पार्टी को दृश्यता तो देती है, लेकिन कई बार उनकी फिसलती जुबान और विवादित बयान मुद्दों से ज्यादा चर्चा का विषय बन जाते हैं। ऐसे में सवाल यह है कि क्या लगातार राजनीतिक सक्रियता उनकी मुख्यमंत्री छवि बना रही है या फिर माइक्रोफोन ही उनका सबसे बड़ा राजनीतिक जोखिम बनता जा रहा है ?
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Out of the most probable CM faces in Punjab Congress ahead of 2027, let’s turn the spotlight on Amarinder Singh Raja Warring. Now the Punjab Congress chief and MP from Ludhiana, Warring has made agitation his default political mode, always on the road, always at a protest, and rarely away from the headlines. His high-voltage style keeps the party visible, but his frequent slip-of-the-tongue moments and controversial remarks often end up stealing the spotlight from the very issues he tries to raise. In a contest where leadership is judged not just by noise but by narrative, the question is whether constant political firefighting is building a chief ministerial image or whether the microphone is sometimes becoming his toughest opponent ?
Out of the most probable CM faces in Punjab Congress ahead of 2027, let’s turn the spotlight on Amarinder Singh Raja Warring. Now the Punjab Congress chief and MP from Ludhiana, Warring has made agitation his default political mode, always on the road, always at a protest, and rarely away from the headlines. His high-voltage style keeps the party visible, but his frequent slip-of-the-tongue moments and controversial remarks often end up stealing the spotlight from the very issues he tries to raise. In a contest where leadership is judged not just by noise but by narrative, the question is whether constant political firefighting is building a chief ministerial image or whether the microphone is sometimes becoming his toughest opponent ?
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