Surjit Kumar Jyani has been one of the most familiar political faces in Fazilka, winning the Assembly seat in 1997, then again in 2007 and 2012. For years, he was seen as a strong organisation-backed BJP leader with a solid grassroot presence, but lost power amid new political waves that reshaped Punjab, first Congress in 2017 and then AAP in 2022.
सुरजीत कुमार ज्याणी फ़ाज़िल्का की राजनीति का जाना-पहचाना चेहरा रहे हैं। उन्होंने 1997 में पहली बार विधानसभा सीट जीती और फिर 2007 और 2012 में दोबारा जीत हासिल की। लंबे समय तक उन्हें मज़बूत संगठन वाले भाजपा नेता और ज़मीनी पकड़ वाले चेहरों में गिना जाता रहा। लेकिन समय बदला, 2017 में कांग्रेस और 2022 में AAP की लहर ने राजनीतिक समीकरण बदल दिए।
Surinder Singh Kherki, who contested Samana in 2022 on a Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) ticket and later saw his party merge with BJP, secured just 5,084 votes. With BJP struggling to make inroads in Punjab and candidates often losing deposits, the real question is: Will Surinder Singh Kherki, get another shot from Samana in 2027, or is he just another name in BJP’s long list of electoral experiments that failed to click?
