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?
Tikshan Sud, once a towering BJP figure in Hoshiarpur with decades of RSS–ABVP grooming, three-time MLA, multiple portfolios, and even a Political Advisor to the Chief Minister, has now suffered three consecutive assembly defeats (2012, 2017, 2022), with his latest tally dropping to 23,973 votes (18.74%). After such a steep decline for someone who once held half a dozen ministries at once, how should voters now see him?
तीक्ष्ण सूद, जो कभी होशियारपुर में भाजपा के एक दबदबे वाले नेता थे—दशकों की RSS–ABVP तालीम, तीन बार के विधायक, कई मंत्रालयों के प्रभारी और मुख्यमंत्री के राजनीतिक सलाहकार, अब लगातार तीन विधानसभा चुनाव हार चुके हैं (2012, 2017, 2022)। उनकी हालिया गिनती 23,973 वोट (18.74%) तक गिर चुकी है। ऐसे नेता को, जिसने एक समय आधा दर्जन मंत्रालय एक साथ संभाले थे, अब जनता उन्हें कैसे देखे?
Dalbir Singh Algon Kothi joined the BJP in 2025 with his entire influential family and received a grand welcome, but will the party really field him from KhemKaran in 2027, given BJP has no ground there and its Tarn Taran candidate couldn’t even save the deposit?
