In the Malwa belt of Punjab, 9 or 10 years back, the most suitable and profitable crop was long staple cotton, which was grown in more than 7 lakh hectares, but has drastically reduced to under 1 lakh hectares.
Polling
Has the Administration shown some great seriousness to tide over this crisis situation?
Balwinder Kaur entered the Attari contest as BJP’s face, but the result underlined a harsh reality: the party still lacks roots, organisation, and momentum in this border seat. With BJP struggling to even enter the main contest in Punjab’s rural belts, her candidature raised more questions than it answered.
बलविंदर कौर ,अटारी में भाजपा का चेहरा बनकर मैदान में उतरीं, लेकिन नतीजों ने एक कड़वी सच्चाई सामने रख दी। इस सीमावर्ती सीट पर भाजपा के पास न तो मजबूत जड़ें हैं, न संगठन और न ही कोई गति। पंजाब के ग्रामीण इलाकों में मुख्य मुकाबले में घुसने के लिए जूझ रही भाजपा के लिए उनकी उम्मीदवारी ने जवाबों से ज्यादा सवाल खड़े कर दिए।
Balwinder Singh Laddi won Sri Hargobindpur on a Congress ticket in 2017, but after being denied the ticket in 2022, he began switching parties, from Congress to BJP to Congress and then BJP again. Now he says he was “forced” to return to BJP and that Congress never valued him. Is BJP actually planning to field Laddi from Sri Hargobindpur in 2027 ?
