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Manpreet Singh Badal, a four-time MLA from Gidderbaha (1995 bypoll, 1997, 2002, 2007), contested from Maur in 2012, and later shifted to Bathinda Urban in 2017, winning as a Congress candidate. He returned to Gidderbaha and contested the 2024 bypoll as a BJP candidate, securing only 12,227 votes despite high-profile campaigning. Considering his political experience, the fact that his father Gurdas Singh Badal was once MLA from Lambi, and the emotional significance of Lambi as the Badal family’s historic stronghold, is there a possibility that Manpreet might contest from two constituencies in 2027, Gidderbaha and Lambi?
मनप्रीत सिंह बादल, गिद्दड़बाहा से चार बार विधायक (1995 उपचुनाव, 1997, 2002, 2007) रह चुके हैं, 2012 में मौड़ से चुनाव लड़ा और बाद में 2017 में बठिंडा शहरी चले गए, जहां उन्होंने कांग्रेस के उम्मीदवार के रूप में जीत हासिल की। उन्होंने गिद्दड़बाहा में 2024 के उपचुनाव में भाजपा उम्मीदवार के रूप में चुनाव लड़ा, लेकिन सिर्फ 12,227 वोट ही प्राप्त किए, जबकि उनके समर्थन में उच्च-स्तरीय नेताओं ने प्रचार किया। उनके राजनीतिक अनुभव, उनके पिता गुरदास सिंह बादल का लंबी से विधायक रहना और लंबी के साथ भावनात्मक जुड़ाव को ध्यान में रखते हुए, क्या मनप्रीत सिंह बादल 2027 में दो सीटों से चुनाव लड़ सकते हैं, गिद्दड़बाहा और लंबी?
Punjab Congress is once again a theatre of factional drama. Former CM Charanjit Channi is running his ‘Channi Karda Masle Hal’ social media series, wooing leaders, while Raja Warring scrambles to strengthen his own lobby after Tarn Taran’s humiliating bypoll. Both groups even came together at Charanjit Channi’s son’s religious ceremony, exchanging greetings and making photo ops, but the underlying fight for power is clear. The real question is: Will Punjab Congress’s obsession with internal show-offs, factional fights, and power plays decide the party’s leadership and 2027 CM face, or will voters simply roll their eyes at another display of theatrics?
