The BJP was part of the SAD-led Punjab Government from 2007 to 2017. BJP Punjab President Kewal Singh Dhillon now says the party was only a junior alliance partner and did not control the Chief Minister’s office or major decisions. But if BJP now wants to make drugs a major 2027 campaign issue, the uncomfortable question is: Can the BJP demand answers from today’s Government without fully answering questions about its own decade as part of the previous Government ?
भाजपा 2007 से 2017 तक शिरोमणि अकाली दल के नेतृत्व वाली पंजाब सरकार में सहयोगी थी। अब भाजपा पंजाब अध्यक्ष केवल सिंह ढिल्लों का कहना है कि भाजपा केवल कनिष्ठ सहयोगी थी और मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालय या बड़े फैसलों पर उसका नियंत्रण नहीं था। लेकिन अगर भाजपा 2027 में नशे को बड़ा चुनावी मुद्दा बनाना चाहती है, तो असहज सवाल यह है: क्या भाजपा आज की सरकार से जवाब मांगने से पहले पिछली सरकार में अपने दशक के कार्यकाल पर भी जवाब देगी ?
Captain Amarinder Singh has said he gained “nothing” from his four years in the BJP and that the party did not consult him on Punjab. He has also ruled out returning to Congress and said his days of contesting elections are effectively over. That raises an uncomfortable question for both Captain and the BJP: If a former Punjab Chief Minister says he was barely used by his own party, does this expose the limits of BJP’s strategy of bringing in big political faces from other parties ?
