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.
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Was any action taken, or has inaction emboldened others, resulting in current black-marketing?
In 2022, Congress fielded Jagpal Singh Abul Khurana in Lambi, a constituency dominated by Parkash Singh Badal since 1997. Historically, Congress has won here only three times (1962, 1967, and 1992), with the 1992 victory coming when SAD boycotted the polls and Jagpal Singh’s father, Gurnam Singh Abul Khurana, claimed the seat. Despite his family legacy, Jagpal Singh Abul Khurana lost and in a historic upset, Parkash Singh Badal himself also lost to AAP’s Gurmeet Singh Khuddian. Can Congress ever revive its fortunes here?
2022 में कांग्रेस ने लंबी से जगपाल सिंह अबुल खुराना को मैदान में उतारा, एक ऐसा क्षेत्र जो 1997 से प्रकाश सिंह बादल के अधिपत्य में रहा है। ऐतिहासिक रूप से, कांग्रेस ने यहां केवल तीन बार जीत दर्ज की है (1962, 1967 और 1992) जिसमें 1992 की जीत उस समय आई जब शिरोमणि अकाली दल ने चुनाव का बहिष्कार किया और जगपाल सिंह अबुल खुराना के पिता गुरनाम सिंह अबुल खुराना ने यह सीट जीती थी। अपनी पारिवारिक विरासत के बावजूद, जगपाल सिंह अबुल खुराना हार गए और एक ऐतिहासिक उलट-फेर में प्रकाश सिंह बादल भी AAP के गुरमीत सिंह खुड्डियां से हार गए। क्या कांग्रेस कभी यहाँ अपनी किस्मत फिर से चमका पाएगी?
Ashwani Sekhri, a three-time MLA from Congress in Batala who has now joined the BJP, says people want his party to form the next Punjab Government ‘in alliance with a regional party.’ But the bigger question is: Now that he has joined the BJP, who will Congress field from Batala, and can a leader with decades in Punjab politics really sell the idea of a new alliance to voters who have seen shifting loyalties and rising expectations in the state?
