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.
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Has the Administration shown some great seriousness to tide over this crisis situation?
As Punjab Congress weighs a possible leadership change and Charanjit Singh Channi's name continues to gain attention, an uncomfortable question confronts the party: Is replacing Amarinder Singh Raja Warring really the solution, or is Congress once again confusing a leadership issue with a much deeper organisational problem ? After all, Punjab voters have already watched the party experiment with different presidents, chief ministers and power centres over the past few years. If leadership changes were the solution, wouldn't the party's fortunes have improved by now ? With 2027 approaching, does Congress need a new president, or does it need to finally unite behind the one it already has ?
पंजाब कांग्रेस में संभावित नेतृत्व परिवर्तन को लेकर चर्चाएं तेज हैं और चरणजीत सिंह चन्नी का नाम लगातार सुर्खियों में है। ऐसे में पार्टी के सामने एक असहज सवाल खड़ा होता है: क्या अमरिंदर सिंह राजा वड़िंग को बदलना वास्तव में समाधान है, या कांग्रेस एक बार फिर नेतृत्व के सवाल को संगठन की कहीं गहरी समस्या समझने की गलती कर रही है ? आखिर पंजाब के मतदाता पिछले कुछ वर्षों में कांग्रेस को अलग-अलग प्रदेश अध्यक्षों, मुख्यमंत्रियों और शक्ति केंद्रों के साथ प्रयोग करते हुए देख चुके हैं। अगर नेतृत्व बदलना ही समाधान होता, तो क्या अब तक पार्टी की स्थिति बेहतर नहीं हो जानी चाहिए थी ? 2027 नज़दीक आने के साथ, क्या कांग्रेस को नए अध्यक्ष की जरूरत है या फिर उसी नेतृत्व के पीछे एकजुट होने की, जो उसके पास पहले से मौजूद है ?
Punjab Congress Chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring says the AAP will not even touch double digits in the 2027 Assembly elections. But his prediction has triggered an obvious political counter-question before counting AAP's seats, should Congress first count its own ? After years of factional battles, leadership tussles and electoral disappointments, Congress leaders sound increasingly confident about a comeback. Yet confidence and votes are rarely the same thing. As Raja Warring predicts a collapse of the ruling party, are Punjabis witnessing the confidence of a party ready to return to power, or the optimism of a party still trying to recover its lost ground ?
