After shifting from Congress to the BJP ahead of the 2022 elections, facing expulsion in 2023 over indiscipline, and then making a comeback to the party in 2024, Nimisha Mehta’s political journey reflects both friction and survival. With her influence in the Garhshankar belt and the BJP working to strengthen its base ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, her re-entry raises a larger question about loyalty, timing, and relevance in Punjab politics. Did Nimisha Mehta’s 2024 return to the BJP mark a calculated political reset built on ground strength or does her shifting equations reinforce the perception that in Punjab politics, staying in the race matters more than staying with one party before 2027 ?
कांग्रेस से निकलकर 2022 चुनाव से पहले भाजपा में शामिल होना, 2023 में अनुशासनहीनता के आरोप में निष्कासन झेलना और फिर 2024 में पार्टी में वापसी, निमिषा मेहता का राजनीतिक सफर टकराव और राजनीतिक बने रहने की कोशिश, दोनों को दिखाता है। गढ़शंकर क्षेत्र में उनके प्रभाव और 2027 विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले पंजाब में अपनी पकड़ मजबूत करने की भाजपा की रणनीति के बीच उनकी वापसी ने एक बड़ा सवाल खड़ा कर दिया है, क्या यह जमीनी ताकत पर आधारित राजनीतिक रीसेट है या पंजाब की राजनीति में पार्टी से ज्यादा दौड़ में बने रहना ही अहम हो गया है ?
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 ?
