When will some sense of responsibility prevail in decision-makers in view of the existing state of affairs?
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School education in Punjab has around 9,400 Senior Secondary Schools, and around 4,600 Middle or elementary schools are providing the next level of education. Primary schools are around 13,500 in 12,580 inhabited villages.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has made the drug crisis a key issue in its campaign ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. But Punjab has heard years of promises to fight drugs, while families continue to worry about addiction and its impact on young people. The challenge for the BJP is not just to raise the issue but to convince people that it has a credible plan to tackle it. Can the BJP turn its anti-drug campaign into public trust or will voters demand proof instead of another set of promises ?
भारतीय जनता पार्टी ने 2027 के पंजाब विधानसभा चुनावों से पहले नशे के संकट को अपने चुनावी अभियान का एक प्रमुख मुद्दा बनाया है। लेकिन पंजाब में नशे के खिलाफ लड़ाई के वादे वर्षों से किए जा रहे हैं, जबकि कई परिवार आज भी नशे की लत और युवाओं पर इसके असर को लेकर चिंतित हैं। भाजपा के सामने चुनौती सिर्फ इस मुद्दे को उठाने की नहीं, बल्कि लोगों को यह भरोसा दिलाने की भी है कि उसके पास इससे निपटने की एक ठोस योजना है। क्या भाजपा अपने नशा-विरोधी अभियान से जनता का भरोसा जीत पाएगी या मतदाता एक और वादे के बजाय ठोस नतीजों की मांग करेंगे ?
The Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP shared a long political alliance, formally sealed through a seat-sharing deal in 1996. Their partnership brought together different voter bases, with the Shiromani Akali Dal drawing support from rural Sikh voters and the BJP from urban Hindu voters. However, the alliance broke in 2020 over the farm laws. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, both parties contested separately, raising questions about their individual electoral strength. With Punjab’s 2027 Assembly elections approaching, could reviving the old alliance help both parties regain ground or have political realities changed too much for their past formula to work again ?
