Has any political, religious, or social organisation, even for record’s sake, or any official department ever bothered to keep an authentic record of sufferings, collateral damages to mankind, monetary and other losses during the Partition of the nation, which actually was only of united Punjab subsequently trifurcating into Himachal Pradesh and Haryana?
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Where are those who shout from rooftops to propagate vested interests on these decisions?
After coming from a family with nearly seven decades of association with the Shiromani Akali Dal, Ajit Pal Singh Kohli chose a major political shift by joining the Aam Aadmi Party and went on to defeat former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh from Patiala by a margin of nearly 20,000 votes in 2022. From a young Mayor to an AAP MLA, his rise reflects both legacy and strategic timing. But with a deep-rooted Akali background and a decisive shift to a new political platform, the bigger question now is, was the move driven by ideology or by the changing winds of Punjab politics ahead of the long-term race ? Is Ajit Pal Singh Kohli’s shift from a seven-decade Akali legacy to AAP a conviction-based change or a calculated political reset to stay ahead in Punjab’s changing power landscape before 2027 ?
शिरोमणि अकाली दल से लगभग सात दशक पुराने पारिवारिक संबंधों की पृष्ठभूमि से आने वाले अजीत पाल सिंह कोहली ने बड़ा राजनीतिक बदलाव करते हुए आम आदमी पार्टी का दामन थामा और 2022 में पटियाला से पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री अमरिंदर सिंह को करीब 20,000 वोटों से हराया। कम उम्र में मेयर से लेकर "आप" विधायक बनने तक उनका सफर विरासत और सही समय की रणनीति दोनों को दिखाता है। लेकिन अकाली जड़ों से जुड़े होने के बाद अचानक नई राजनीतिक दिशा अपनाने पर अब बड़ा सवाल यह है, क्या यह फैसला विचारधारा से प्रेरित था या बदलते राजनीतिक माहौल को भांपकर किया गया कदम ? क्या अजीत पाल सिंह कोहली का सात दशक पुराने अकाली परिवार से "आप" में जाना एक वैचारिक बदलाव था, या 2027 से पहले पंजाब की बदलती राजनीति में खुद को आगे रखने की एक सोची-समझी रणनीति ?
Denied the BJP ticket from Gurdaspur ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Swaran Salaria’s swift switch to the Aam Aadmi Party back then looked like a classic case of ticket shock. Two years on, with AAP now in government, BJP reshuffling its Punjab strategy, and 2027 Assembly elections on the horizon, that move is being judged less on emotion and more on outcome. Having lost earlier as a BJP candidate and then entered AAP at a moment of transition, Salaria’s gamble now faces its real test.
