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.
Sukhbir Singh Badal’s appearance in the Kotkapura firing case has once again revived debate around one of Punjab’s most controversial political periods. While opposition parties continue linking the 2015 sacrilege and firing incidents to the Akali leadership, SAD supporters argue that Sukhbir Badal has faced years of political targeting, court battles, and public scrutiny without the issue reaching a final conclusion. As the trial shifts to Chandigarh and the case returns to headlines yet again, is Punjab still searching for accountability over the 2015 events, or has the Kotkapura case now also become a long-running political burden that continues to block Shiromani Akali Dal’s attempts at revival under Sukhbir Badal ?
सुखबीर सिंह बादल की कोटकपूरा गोलीकांड मामले में पेशी ने एक बार फिर पंजाब की सबसे विवादित राजनीतिक घटनाओं में से एक को चर्चा में ला दिया है। जहां विपक्षी दल लगातार 2015 की बेअदबी और गोलीकांड घटनाओं को अकाली नेतृत्व से जोड़ते रहे हैं, वहीं शिरोमणि अकाली दल के समर्थकों का कहना है कि सुखबीर बादल वर्षों से राजनीतिक निशानेबाजी, अदालतों और सार्वजनिक आलोचना का सामना कर रहे हैं, लेकिन मामले का अंतिम निष्कर्ष अब तक सामने नहीं आया। अब जब मुकदमे की सुनवाई चंडीगढ़ में हो रही है और मामला फिर सुर्खियों में है, क्या पंजाब अभी भी 2015 की घटनाओं को लेकर जवाब तलाश रहा है, या कोटकपूरा मामला अब शिरोमणि अकाली दल की वापसी को रोकने वाला एक लंबा राजनीतिक बोझ बन चुका है ?
Punjab politics is increasingly beginning to resemble a mix of celebrity culture, controversy, and nonstop online narrative wars after Bikram Majithia and music producer Bunty Bains traded explosive allegations and public attacks across social media. From claims involving political links and financial networks to counterattacks tied to Sidhu Moosewala’s legacy and “web series” comments, the feud has quickly turned into one of Punjab’s biggest political-entertainment spectacles. Is Bikram Majithia exposing deeper connections around Punjab’s power circles, or have politics and the Punjabi entertainment industry both entered an era where controversy itself has become the biggest source of attention and influence ?
