Is this the price of development? Are bulldozers targeting the right issues?
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Imagine if the government used the same bulldozers they sent to flatten people’s homes to clear out the mountain of “on-paper” schemes that never seem to make it to reality.
With the BJP having already indicated that it intends to go solo, any BJP-SAD seat sharing remains hypothetical. Yet, if the two parties eventually explore an understanding, overlapping seats such as Gidderbaha could become a tricky equation for Sukhbir Singh Badal, with both sides having potential contenders and competing claims. Could the bigger question for Sukhbir Singh Badal be whether he can keep his preferred seats in play if the BJP decides to challenge the SAD on its own turf ?
भाजपा के पहले ही अकेले चुनाव लड़ने के संकेत देने के चलते भाजपा और शिरोमणि अकाली दल के बीच सीट बंटवारा फिलहाल सिर्फ एक संभावना है। लेकिन अगर दोनों दल भविष्य में किसी समझौते पर विचार करते हैं, तो गिद्दड़बाहा जैसी सीटें सुखबीर सिंह बादल के लिए पेचीदा समीकरण बन सकती हैं, जहां दोनों दलों के अपने दावेदार और मजबूत दावे हैं। क्या सुखबीर सिंह बादल के सामने बड़ा सवाल यही होगा कि भाजपा अगर अकाली दल के गढ़ में ही चुनौती देती है, तो वे अपनी पसंदीदा सीटों को कैसे बचाएंगे ?
With 2027 approaching, talk of Akali Dal Punar Surjit aligning with the BJP raises a sharper question about Punjab’s fragmented Akali politics. A formation seeking to carve out its own space could gain visibility and organisational muscle through the BJP but at what cost ? Would such an alliance genuinely expand Punar Surjit’s appeal or expose it as a political formation struggling to find relevance on its own ?
