The Government of India has admitted in Parliament that the demand for DAP fertilizer in Punjab during the Rabi season was around 4 lakh Metric Tons. However, only 3.6 lakh Metric Tons of DAP were supplied. This is a serious concern because the area under Wheat cultivation in Punjab was record-breaking this time.
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Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal’s political journey has taken sharp turns in a short span. Once the Shiromani Akali Dal’s candidate from Raikot in 2017, he was denied a ticket in 2022, a year when BJP stayed out of the Raikot contest altogether. In 2023, Atwal joined the BJP and was quickly projected as its candidate in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, but failed to convert the opportunity into a win. Now, as BJP talks up its Punjab expansion ahead of 2027, does Atwal still fit BJP’s plans as Raikot's local face ? And will BJP risk fielding a leader with shifting affiliations in a constituency where it is still searching for ground ?
इंदर इकबाल सिंह अटवाल की राजनीतिक यात्रा बीते कुछ वर्षों में तेज़ी से मोड़ लेती रही है। 2017 में वह रायकोट से शिरोमणि अकाली दल के उम्मीदवार थे, लेकिन 2022 में उन्हें टिकट नहीं मिला, उस चुनाव में भाजपा ने रायकोट से कोई उम्मीदवार भी नहीं उतारा। 2023 में अटवाल भाजपा में शामिल हुए और जल्द ही उन्हें जालंधर लोकसभा उपचुनाव में पार्टी का उम्मीदवार बनाया गया, लेकिन वह जीत दर्ज नहीं कर पाए। अब जब भाजपा 2027 से पहले पंजाब में विस्तार की बात कर रही है, तो सवाल साफ है, क्या अटवाल आज भी रायकोट में भाजपा के लिए एक मजबूत स्थानीय चेहरा हैं ? और क्या भाजपा ऐसे नेता पर दांव लगाएगी, जिसकी राजनीतिक पहचान लगातार बदलती रही है, खासकर तब जब पार्टी खुद रायकोट में अपनी जमीन तलाश रही है ?
A three-time MLA from Sham Chaurasi and once a core face of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mohinder Kaur Josh found herself out of the 2022 race after being denied a party ticket , a decision that triggered a shift from Akali Dal to BJP. Since then, she has stayed electorally absent while continuing to assert that her connect with voters remains intact.
