The Indian Government had announced capital projects worth ₹11.11 lakh crore in its 2024-25 budget, to be spent on infrastructure. With only 3 months remaining in financial year about ₹5 lakh crore worth of projects have been announced so far.
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This means that 65% of the work is expected to be completed between December and March. Is this possible?
The Punjab Congress has largely stayed away from active Panthic politics in recent years. Yet, as the standoff between the AAP Government and the Akal Takht intensifies ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, all 15 Congress MLAs appeared before the Akal Takht, even without a formal nod from the party's central high command. At the same time, the party is undergoing a major organisational reshuffle and attempting to reposition itself as a credible Panthic alternative. The timing raises a larger political question: Is this a genuine return to conviction, or simply a strategic recalibration before an election ? Has the Congress mistaken political repositioning for political revival ?
पिछले कुछ वर्षों में पंजाब कांग्रेस सक्रिय पंथक राजनीति से काफी हद तक दूर रही। लेकिन 2027 विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले आम आदमी पार्टी सरकार और अकाल तख्त के बीच टकराव तेज़ होते ही कांग्रेस के सभी 15 विधायक, केंद्रीय हाईकमान की औपचारिक मंज़ूरी के बिना ही, अकाल तख्त के समक्ष पेश हुए। इसी दौरान पार्टी बड़े संगठनात्मक फेरबदल से भी गुजर रही है और खुद को एक विश्वसनीय पंथक विकल्प के रूप में स्थापित करने की कोशिश कर रही है। ऐसे में बड़ा राजनीतिक सवाल यह है: क्या यह सिद्धांतों की ओर वास्तविक वापसी है, या चुनाव से पहले की एक रणनीतिक पुनर्स्थापना ? क्या कांग्रेस ने राजनीतिक पुनर्स्थापना को ही राजनीतिक पुनर्जीवन समझ लिया है ?
The Punjab Congress has spent the last few years relentlessly attacking the Aam Aadmi Party over drugs, law and order, unemployment, debt, corruption, and governance. But as 2027 draws closer, an uncomfortable question confronts the party itself: Is exposing the government's failures enough to win Punjab's trust, or does the Congress still need to answer a more fundamental question, Why should Punjabis choose the Congress again ? After all, an opposition can keep pointing fingers at the government, but can it keep pointing at the government forever without pointing towards a credible future ? Has the Punjab Congress become better at opposing the AAP than convincing Punjabis it deserves to replace it ? What should be the Congress' biggest priority before 2027 ?
