Gurparvez Singh Sandhu, who contested on the BJP ticket, managed just 3,988 votes and remained largely out of the main contest. The result raised eyebrows more than expectations. So the blunt question is, after such a low-impact performance, will the BJP again bet on a non-influential face like Gurparvez Singh Sandhu or will the party rethink its candidate strategy seriously before 2027 ?
भाजपा के टिकट पर चुनाव लड़ने वाले गुरपरवेज़ सिंह संधू को सिर्फ 3,988 मत मिले और वह मुख्य मुकाबले से काफी बाहर रहे। यह नतीजा उम्मीद से ज़्यादा सवाल खड़े करता है। तो सीधा सवाल यह है, इतनी कमज़ोर मौजूदगी के बाद, क्या भाजपा 2027 में फिर से गुरपरवेज़ सिंह संधू जैसे कम प्रभावशाली चेहरे पर दांव लगाएगी या पार्टी अब अपनी उम्मीदवार रणनीति पर गंभीरता से दोबारा सोचेगी ?
In the 2022 Assembly election, when Balluana broke its long Congress–Akali pattern, the BJP tried a new approach by fielding Vandana Sangwal, a first- time woman candidate from a farming family. She polled 39,720 votes (27.59%), emerging as a strong second behind AAP but still short of a breakthrough in a constituency where no major party had nominated a woman in the previous nine elections. 2022 polls left behind a sharper, lingering question: Was Vandana Sangwal’s performance an early signal that Balluana was opening up to new faces and gender representation or did the BJP merely benefit from the collapse of old equations without truly building a lasting base on the ground ?
