which is just one-fourth of the original allocation. What could be the reason behind this?
Review - DEKHO
In our country, a Smart City mission was established to transform 100 cities into world-class cities, but its budget has been reduced from 8,000 crore Rupees to 2,400 crore Rupees
Punjab Congress is planning a massive show at Barnala, arranging nearly 1,000 buses to gather around 50,000 people for Rahul Gandhi’s rally, while also trying to bring rival state factions onto one stage. In a state where elections are won booth by booth, not bus by bus, the bigger question is whether this is a real organisational comeback or a carefully managed optics exercise to project momentum in the Malwa belt. Is the Barnala rally a genuine sign of Congress rebuilding its ground strength or a crowd-management event meant to create the illusion of revival ?
बरनाला में राहुल गांधी की रैली के लिए पंजाब कांग्रेस लगभग 1,000 बसों के जरिए 50,000 लोगों को जुटाने की तैयारी कर रही है, साथ ही राज्य के भीतर चल रही गुटबाज़ी को भी एक मंच पर लाने की कोशिश की जा रही है। ऐसे राज्य में जहाँ चुनाव बसों से नहीं, बूथों से जीते जाते हैं, बड़ा सवाल यह है कि क्या यह संगठनात्मक वापसी का संकेत है या मालवा क्षेत्र में माहौल बनाने की एक सुनियोजित कवायद। क्या बरनाला रैली कांग्रेस की जमीनी ताकत के पुनर्निर्माण का संकेत है या भीड़ प्रबंधन के जरिए पुनर्जीवन की छवि बनाने की कोशिश ?
Radha Soami Satsang Beas chief Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon’s high-profile visit to Cabinet Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian’s residence, along with massive public mobilisation during his Ludhiana tour, has once again blurred the line between spiritual presence and political optics. In Punjab, where religious influence carries silent electoral weight, such moments often raise a larger concern. Are political leaders seeking blessings or quietly seeking vote banks through faith networks ? When crowds, security, and power corridors come together, the real question is whether spirituality is being respected or politically capitalised ?
