According to the data released for the year 2023-2024, India has exported goods worth 16 billion U.S. dollars to China and imported goods worth 101 billion U.S. dollars, resulting in a trade deficit of 85 billion U.S. dollars with China. At the same time, discussions regarding Indo-China relations are taking place with great intensity.
Elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014 as an AAP MP, Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi was later suspended from the party for openly speaking against its central leadership, a moment that defined his reputation as a dissenter. From Emergency-era protests and teaching cardiology at Government Medical College, Patiala, to forming his own fronts before finally returning via Congress, his political path has been marked by repeated breaks and reinvention. His 2024 comeback, defeating Preneet Kaur from Patiala, has revived his relevance. But does this victory mark the end of his political wandering or simply the most successful turn yet in a career shaped by confrontation with party high commands ?
2014 में आम आदमी पार्टी के सांसद के रूप में लोकसभा पहुँचे डॉ. धर्मवीर गांधी को बाद में पार्टी के केंद्रीय नेतृत्व के खिलाफ खुलकर बोलने पर निलंबित कर दिया गया, यही वह मोड़ था जिसने उन्हें एक असहमत नेता की पहचान दी। आपातकाल के दौर के आंदोलनों से लेकर गवर्नमेंट मेडिकल कॉलेज, पटियाला में कार्डियोलॉजी पढ़ाने, फिर अपने राजनीतिक मोर्चे बनाने और अंततः कांग्रेस में वापसी तक, उनका सफर लगातार टूट-फूट और पुनर्गठन से भरा रहा है। 2024 में पटियाला से प्रनीत कौर को हरा कर की गई उनकी वापसी ने उनकी राजनीति को नई धार दी है। लेकिन क्या यह जीत उनकी राजनीतिक भटकन का अंत है या फिर सत्ता के केंद्रों से टकराव से बनी उनकी राजनीति का अब तक का सबसे सफल मोड़ ?
Once seen walking through Parliament in chains, accusing the BJP of “killing democracy” and urging voters to defeat it, Sushil Kumar Rinku became a symbol of protest politics for the Aam Aadmi Party. Less than a year later, the same leader crossed over to the BJP, turning yesterday’s slogans into today’s awkward memories. From Congress to AAP to BJP, and from chains of protest to the saffron fold, Rinku’s political journey raises an uncomfortable question, were the chains a fight for principles or just a costume for the moment ? And in Punjab’s fast-changing politics, does such rapid switching signal political survival skills or does it slowly erode voter trust, no matter which party flag is held ?
