After contesting the 2017 elections as an independent, Jagdish Kumar Jagga later joined Captain Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress before joining the BJP ahead of the 2022 elections. The BJP even sidelined its 2017 candidate, Harjit Singh Grewal, to give Jagga the Rajpura ticket, where he finished as runner-up. How will this background shape Jagga’s chances in the 2027 elections ?
2017 के चुनाव एक स्वतंत्र उम्मीदवार के रूप में लड़ने के बाद, जगदीश कुमार जग्गा कैप्टन अमरिंदर सिंह की पंजाब लोक कांग्रेस पार्टी में शामिल हो गए और 2022 के चुनावों से पहले भाजपा में शामिल हो गए। भाजपा ने अपने 2017 के उम्मीदवार हरजीत सिंह ग्रेवाल को नज़रअंदाज़ करते हुए राजपुरा से टिकट जग्गा को दिया, जहाँ वे दूसरे स्थान पर रहे। ऐसे में 2027 के चुनावों में जगदीश कुमार जग्गा की संभावनाएँ किस तरह प्रभावित होंगी ?
Vijay Sampla, once a plumber and labourer, who rose from being a village sarpanch in rural Punjab to becoming a Union Minister of State, MP from Hoshiarpur, and Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, remains one of the most recognised Dalit leaders of the BJP in Punjab. Today, he is a strong critic of the ruling AAP, repeatedly accusing it of being Anti-Dalit. But after his disappointing loss from Phagwara in the 2022 elections, the question ahead of 2027 has become far more interesting: Is Vijay Sampla preparing for a political comeback or has his role changed within the state’s shifting political landscape ?
