Punjab has over 150 market committees that handle the procurement of crops, with each committee serving 75-80 villages within a 30-kilometer radius.
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Have we ever thought about the long struggle and financial resources invested in building this marketing network, only to see discussions about dismantling these to favor a few?
After failing to unite the rebel Akali factions he once aligned with, Manpreet Singh Ayali has now given Sukhbir Singh Badal a one-month ultimatum to accept Panthic unity. Coming after Ayali distanced himself from SAD’s organisational line and experimented outside the party, the timing raises eyebrows.
बाग़ी अकाली गुटों को एकजुट करने में नाकाम रहने के बाद, मनप्रीत सिंह अयाली ने अब सुखबीर सिंह बादल को पंथिक एकता स्वीकार करने के लिए एक महीने का अल्टीमेटम दिया है। यह कदम तब आया है जब अयाली SAD की संगठनात्मक लाइन से दूरी बनाकर पार्टी के बाहर प्रयोग कर चुके हैं। ग्रामीण नतीजे दिखाते हैं कि सुखबीर के नेतृत्व में SAD के पास अब भी ढांचा और वोट बैंक मौजूद है।
From Delhi to the districts, the Congress script sounds the same. Rahul Gandhi speaks of “Vote Chori” at the Centre, while in Punjab, PPCC chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring calls rural poll results “stolen glory.” Different stages, same defence. Yet the numbers keep exposing the gap. Recent elections clearly depicted how zila parishad and samiti zones, with large rural belts are slipping away from Congress's fold. Blaming the referee has become a habit of the Congress. At the Centre and in the states, Congress appears quicker to question the process than to question itself. If Congress keeps crying theft instead of fixing its own game, will voters trust it with power again in 2027 ?
