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?
The Shiromani Akali Dal has taken its anti-drug campaign into rural Punjab, with Harsimrat Kaur Badal leading women-focused gatherings and marches. The campaign links the drug crisis with families, unemployment, welfare and other rural concerns. But the party’s drug message also faces questions around Bikram Singh Majithia, whose ongoing legal case has become part of the wider political debate. Can Harsimrat Kaur Badal make SAD’s anti-drug campaign stand on its own, or will questions around the party’s leadership continue to shape how voters view its message on drugs ?
शिरोमणि अकाली दल ने ग्रामीण पंजाब में अपने नशा विरोधी अभियान को तेज किया है। हरसिमरत कौर बादल महिलाओं पर केंद्रित सभाओं और मार्चों का नेतृत्व कर रही हैं। यह अभियान नशे के संकट को परिवारों, बेरोजगारी, कल्याण योजनाओं और ग्रामीण पंजाब की दूसरी चिंताओं से जोड़ता है। लेकिन पार्टी के नशा विरोधी संदेश पर बिक्रम सिंह मजीठिया से जुड़े सवालों का भी असर पड़ रहा है, क्योंकि उनका चल रहा कानूनी मामला व्यापक राजनीतिक बहस का हिस्सा बन गया है। क्या हरसिमरत कौर बादल अकाली दल के नशा विरोधी अभियान को इन सवालों से अलग रख पाएंगी या पार्टी का नेतृत्व ही नशे के खिलाफ उसके संदेश को प्रभावित करता रहेगा ?
The Shiromani Akali Dal was built around Sikh political and community interests, while Sikh institutions have a separate religious and community role. For decades, the Badal family has played a central role in Akali politics. Recent allegations and political attacks have again raised questions about the relationship between the Badal family, Akali politics and Sikh institutions. Although these claims are politically contested and include allegations that need to be distinguished from established facts. When the Badal family remains closely linked with Akali politics, where should the line be drawn between family-led party politics, Panthic politics and the independent role of Sikh institutions and has that line become too blurred in Punjab ?
