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?
After winning three Assembly terms from Khadoor Sahib and Baba Bakala with the Akali Dal, Manjit Singh Manna Mianwind switched to the BJP ahead of the 2022 Punjab elections, lost from Baba Bakala, and was later fielded by the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Khadoor Sahib. Now, in 2026, his BJP stint is marked more by a change of party and narrative than by electoral success under the new banner. Has Manna’s move to the BJP helped him rebuild political relevance or has it cemented the image of a seasoned turncoat struggling to recreate the influence he once had in the Akali Dal ?
खडूर साहिब और बाबा बकाला से अकाली दल के टिकट पर तीन बार विधानसभा चुनाव जीतने के बाद, मनजीत सिंह मन्ना मियांविंड ने 2022 के पंजाब चुनाव से पहले भाजपा का दामन थामा। बाबा बकाला से उन्हें हार का सामना करना पड़ा और बाद में 2024 के लोकसभा चुनाव में भाजपा ने उन्हें खडूर साहिब से मैदान में उतारा। अब 2026 में, भाजपा में उनका सफ़र चुनावी सफलता से ज़्यादा पार्टी और नैरेटिव बदलने तक सीमित दिखाई देता है। क्या भाजपा में जाने से मन्ना अपनी राजनीतिक प्रासंगिकता दोबारा गढ़ पाए हैं या इससे उनकी पहचान एक ऐसे अनुभवी दल-बदलू के रूप में पुख्ता हुई है जो अकाली दल में हासिल प्रभाव को फिर से नहीं पा सका ?
Arvind Khanna’s politics has moved from the Akali Dal to the Congress, a long break from public life, and then a comeback through the BJP in 2022. Once a key power-broker in the Congress, he is now BJP Punjab vice-president and a core committee member, yet electoral wins have stayed elusive. Is Khanna’s long, shifting political past an advantage that makes him useful to the BJP or does the turncoat tag mean his future will stay limited to organisation, not mass leadership ?
