How many years has the government led by the people who claimed their priority is the Panthik agenda ruled the state? Have they ever bothered to collect and register the historic morchas and unlimited sacrifices made by cadres and non-cadres? The maximum of these are unregistered and unlisted.
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What will future generations learn when there is no availability of an authentic document or written manuscripts of those times? How uncaring and casual isn’t it?
Punjab Congress has always been famous for producing as many internal power centres as political leaders, and the long running cold war between Navtej Singh Cheema and the Rana father son duo, Rana Gurjeet Singh and Rana Inder Partap Singh, perfectly captures that culture. Cheema built his image as a grounded Doaba style leader with local hold and organisational survival skills, while the Ranas carry the aura of money power, influence, and heavyweight political networking. Over the years, their rivalry has looked less like normal party competition and more like a nonstop battle over who truly controls Congress politics in Kapurthala and Sultanpur Lodhi belt. The real question now is, in Punjab Congress, does grassroots politics still beat political empire building, or has faction power become bigger than ideology itself ?
पंजाब कांग्रेस हमेशा से उतने ही अंदरूनी शक्ति केंद्र बनाने के लिए मशहूर रही है जितने राजनीतिक नेता, और नवतेज सिंह चीमा तथा राणा पिता पुत्र जोड़ी, राणा गुरजीत सिंह और राणा इंदर प्रताप सिंह, के बीच चल रही लंबी ठंडी जंग उसी संस्कृति की सबसे बड़ी मिसाल बन चुकी है। चीमा ने खुद को ज़मीन से जुड़े दोआबा शैली के नेता और मजबूत स्थानीय पकड़ वाले खिलाड़ी के रूप में स्थापित किया, जबकि राणा परिवार हमेशा पैसे की ताकत, प्रभाव और भारी राजनीतिक नेटवर्किंग वाली छवि लेकर चला। सालों से उनकी लड़ाई सामान्य पार्टी प्रतिस्पर्धा से ज्यादा इस बात की जंग लगती रही कि कपूरथला और सुल्तानपुर लोधी इलाके में कांग्रेस की असली सत्ता किसके हाथ में रहेगी। अब असली सवाल यह है, क्या पंजाब कांग्रेस में आज भी ज़मीनी राजनीति राजनीतिक साम्राज्य बनाने की ताकत पर भारी पड़ती है, या फिर गुटबाज़ी अब विचारधारा से भी बड़ी हो चुकी है ?
Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa’s political journey reflects Punjab Congress’s old-school style, grassroots rise, decades of organisation politics, faction battles, and quiet influence without needing flashy drama. Seen as personally honest and politically sharp, Bajwa built his image through patience and backroom strategy more than headline politics. But critics also feel leaders like him represent the same old Congress culture of camps and internal equations that younger Punjab no longer connects with. The real question now is, does Tripat Bajwa still represent stability for Congress, or has Punjab politics moved beyond the old Congress playbook ?
