In the last five years, the largest loss in history was recorded in the stock market in October 2024 to the tune of 37 lakh crore as per media reports. Before this, in March 2020, small investors lost around 33 lakh crore during the Corona period.
Ashwani Sekhri, a three-time MLA from Congress in Batala who has now joined the BJP, says people want his party to form the next Punjab Government ‘in alliance with a regional party.’ But the bigger question is: Now that he has joined the BJP, who will Congress field from Batala, and can a leader with decades in Punjab politics really sell the idea of a new alliance to voters who have seen shifting loyalties and rising expectations in the state?
अश्वनी सेखड़ी, जो बटाला से कांग्रेस के तीन बार के विधायक रहे हैं और अब भाजपा में शामिल हो गए हैं, कहते हैं कि लोग चाहते हैं उनकी पार्टी किसी क्षेत्रीय पार्टी के साथ गठबंधन करके अगली पंजाब सरकार बनाए। लेकिन बड़ा सवाल यह है: अब जब वह भाजपा में शामिल हो गए हैं, तो कांग्रेस बटाला से किसे उम्मीदवार बनाएगी और क्या दशकों के अनुभव वाले नेता वाकई नए गठबंधन का विचार उन मतदाताओं को बेच पाएंगे जिन्होंने बदलती निष्ठाओं और बढ़ती उम्मीदों को देखा है?
After starting his journey in 2002, serving as CPS and then winning three terms as MLA from Amritsar West on a Congress ticket, Raj Kumar Verka made a surprising shift by joining the BJP in 2022 and returning to Congress in 2023. His 2022 defeat, securing only 25,338 votes, was a major setback in his long career. With all these turns, what are his real chances of winning again in 2027?
