In March-April, out of the DAP fertilizer shipment sent to Punjab by the Indian government, 60% of the samples failed. Of the 40 samples taken by the agriculture department, 24 failed, and only 16 passed the standard quality.
Opinion
Was any action taken, or has inaction emboldened others, resulting in current black-marketing?
In a contest where AAP surged close to the 50% mark, Bikram Singh Mofar finished a distant second with 34,446 votes (22.54%), well behind the winner and only marginally ahead of the Akali Dal candidate.
जिस मुकाबले में आम आदमी पार्टी लगभग 50% मतों तक पहुँच गई, उसमें बिक्रम सिंह मोफर को 34,446 मत (22.54%) मिले और वह काफ़ी अंतर से दूसरे स्थान पर रहे। वह न सिर्फ़ विजेता से बहुत पीछे रहे, बल्कि अकाली दल के उम्मीदवार से भी मामूली बढ़त ही बना पाए।
In a seat that turned into a landslide for AAP, Pritam Singh Kotbhai, a former MLA from 2017, managed only 20,681 votes (13.81%) in 2022, finishing a distant third. Congress lost over 20% vote share compared to the previous election, while AAP surged past 57%, leaving Congress completely out of the contest. So the real question is this, was this defeat a verdict on Pritam Singh Kotbhai’s personal limitations despite incumbency experience or does it expose a deeper collapse of Congress’s grassroots network in rural Punjab ?
