Dr. Ishank Chabbewal’s political rise has been swift and unusually smooth. The Chabbewal seat first moved from Congress to AAP when his father, Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal, switched sides, won the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat, and vacated the Assembly. The baton then passed seamlessly to the son, who won the 2024 by-poll on an AAP ticket and secured the same seat once again. Is Dr. Ishank Chabbewal emerging as an independent political force in his own right or is Chabbewal becoming a textbook case of “one seat, one family, multiple elections” ? And as 2027 approaches, will voters judge him on personal performance and governance or begin questioning whether continuity has quietly turned into convenience ?
डॉ. ईशांक चब्बेवाल का राजनीतिक उभार तेज़ और असामान्य रूप से सहज रहा है। पहले चब्बेवाल सीट कांग्रेस से आम आदमी पार्टी में गई, जब उनके पिता डॉ. राज कुमार चब्बेवाल ने दल बदलकर होशियारपुर लोकसभा सीट जीती और विधानसभा सीट खाली की। इसके बाद वही सीट 2024 के उपचुनाव में बेटे को मिली, जिसे डॉ. ईशांक चब्बेवाल ने "आप" के टिकट पर जीत ली। अब सवाल सीधा है, क्या डॉ. ईशांक चब्बेवाल अपनी अलग राजनीतिक पहचान बना रहे हैं या चब्बेवाल “एक सीट, एक परिवार, कई चुनाव” का उदाहरण बनता जा रहा है ? और 2027 की ओर बढ़ते हुए, क्या मतदाता उन्हें उनके काम और शासन के आधार पर परखेंगे या यह सवाल उठेगा कि निरंतरता कहीं सुविधा में तो नहीं बदल गई ?
After winning Sahnewal in 2022 with 61,515 votes (34.5%), Hardeep Singh Mundian rode the AAP wave straight into the Cabinet. The numbers were strong, and so were the expectations. But as the buzz of 2022 fades and 2027 comes closer, the question in Sahnewal is simple. Has Mundian used his cabinet position to deliver real change on the ground, or does his political weight still rest mainly on the AAP label ? And when voters look back, will they remember a minister who delivered, or a wave that passed ?
