Tarunpreet Singh Sond, AAP MLA from Khanna and Punjab’s Labour Minister, won decisively with 48.55% of votes, leaving Congress’s Gurkirat Singh and SAD’s Jasdeep Kaur Yadu far behind. Now the question is: can he turn this strong mandate into effective governance and long-term political clout, or was 2022 just a one-term high?
तरुणप्रीत सिंह सोंद, खन्ना से AAP विधायक और पंजाब के श्रम मंत्री, ने 48.55% वोटों से जीत दर्ज की, कांग्रेस के गुरकीरत सिंह और अकाली दल की जसदीप कौर यादू को पीछे छोड़ते हुए। अब सवाल यह है: क्या वे इस मजबूत जनादेश को प्रभावी शासन और 2027 चुनावों से पहले स्थायी राजनीतिक प्रभाव में बदल पाएंगे या 2022 सिर्फ एक कार्यकाल की ऊँचाई थी?
Balkar Singh Sidhu, the singer who once ruled stages, entered politics with shifts and turns: joined AAP, left, contested independently, returned, and then in 2022 defeated both Sikander Singh Maluka and Gurpreet Singh Kangar in one sweep from Rampura Phul. But now the real test is not performance on stage, it’s performance in governance. Has Balkar Singh Sidhu truly transformed from a popular singer into a grounded political leader, or will 2027 decide whether the 2022 victory was just a wave moment?
