After a long diplomatic career, including serving as India’s Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu entered active politics in 2024 and contested the Lok Sabha election from Amritsar on a BJP ticket, but did not win the seat. Now, he has been appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. At the same time, leaders like Ravneet Singh Bittu continue in Parliament through the Rajya Sabha despite losing a Lok Sabha election. After losing the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Amritsar, former diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu has now been appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. With leaders like Ravneet Singh Bittu also continuing their political journey through the Rajya Sabha despite electoral defeat, does this show how experience and national service can still open important roles beyond elections or does it raise questions about how such positions are decided ?
लंबे कूटनीतिक करियर के बाद, जिसमें अमेरिका में भारत के राजदूत के रूप में सेवा भी शामिल है, तरनजीत सिंह संधू ने 2024 में सक्रिय राजनीति में प्रवेश किया और भाजपा के टिकट पर अमृतसर से लोकसभा चुनाव लड़ा, लेकिन सीट नहीं जीत सके। अब उन्हें दिल्ली का उपराज्यपाल नियुक्त किया गया है। इसी तरह, रवनीत सिंह बिट्टू जैसे नेता लोकसभा चुनाव हारने के बावजूद राज्यसभा के माध्यम से संसद में सक्रिय हैं। अमृतसर से 2024 का लोकसभा चुनाव हारने के बाद तरनजीत सिंह संधू को अब दिल्ली का उपराज्यपाल नियुक्त किया गया है। वहीं रवनीत सिंह बिट्टू जैसे नेता भी चुनावी हार के बावजूद राज्यसभा के जरिए संसद में सक्रिय हैं। क्या यह दिखाता है कि अनुभव और राष्ट्रीय सेवा चुनावी नतीजों से आगे भी अहम भूमिकाओं के दरवाजे खोल सकती है या फिर यह सवाल उठाता है कि ऐसे पदों का फैसला कैसे होता है ?
Bikram Singh Majithia has launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party Government in Punjab, accusing Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of turning Government resources into tools of political promotion. After schools and hospitals were painted in blue and yellow, Majithia now claims that PRTC buses are also being repainted in colours resembling the AAP flag, calling it a blatant misuse of the state exchequer. Mocking the Government, he even questioned whether the next “revolution” will ask party workers to wear blue shirts and yellow pants. If Punjab’s buses, schools, and hospitals are all turning blue and yellow, is Bhagwant Mann running the Government for public service or simply repainting Punjab to match his party’s flag while taxpayers foot the bill ?
