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.
Nearly five years after Captain Amarinder Singh's unceremonious exit from the Punjab Congress, the party is once again struggling to settle on a clear leadership structure ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections. The leadership transition that sidelined Captain Amarinder Singh and elevated Charanjit Singh Channi and Navjot Singh Sidhu continues to cast a long shadow over the party. With delayed decisions, competing power centres and no clear face to unite the organisation, one uncomfortable question refuses to disappear: Is the Punjab Congress finally beginning to realise how much it misses Captain Amarinder Singh ? Did the party lose the one leader who could hold both the organisation and its support base together ?
कैप्टन अमरिंदर सिंह के पंजाब कांग्रेस से नाटकीय तरीके से अलग होने के लगभग पाँच साल बाद भी पार्टी 2027 विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले स्पष्ट नेतृत्व तय करने के लिए संघर्ष कर रही है। कैप्टन अमरिंदर सिंह को किनारे कर चरणजीत सिंह चन्नी और नवजोत सिंह सिद्धू को आगे लाने वाला नेतृत्व परिवर्तन आज भी पार्टी पर अपनी छाया डाले हुए है। फैसलों में लगातार देरी, कई शक्ति केंद्रों की खींचतान और संगठन को एकजुट करने वाले स्पष्ट चेहरे की कमी के बीच एक असहज सवाल बार-बार सामने आ रहा है: क्या पंजाब कांग्रेस को अब एहसास होने लगा है कि उसे कैप्टन अमरिंदर सिंह की कितनी कमी खल रही है ? क्या पार्टी ने उस नेता को खो दिया, जो संगठन और जनाधार दोनों को एकजुट रख सकता था ?
The Punjab Congress has largely stayed away from active Panthic politics in recent years. Yet, as the standoff between the AAP Government and the Akal Takht intensifies ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, all 15 Congress MLAs appeared before the Akal Takht, even without a formal nod from the party's central high command. At the same time, the party is undergoing a major organisational reshuffle and attempting to reposition itself as a credible Panthic alternative. The timing raises a larger political question: Is this a genuine return to conviction, or simply a strategic recalibration before an election ? Has the Congress mistaken political repositioning for political revival ?
