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As the Congress weighs its options for Punjab, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has quietly emerged as one of the strongest contenders for the state presidency. With many in the party reportedly viewing him as a leader capable of balancing caste equations while carrying different factions together, has Randhawa now moved ahead in the race because of his political acceptability rather than just seniority ? If the Congress ultimately chooses him over Charanjit Singh Channi, will it signal that electoral arithmetic has taken precedence over symbolic politics ? Or would appointing Randhawa simply replace one internal power centre with another ?
पंजाब कांग्रेस नए प्रदेश अध्यक्ष को लेकर मंथन कर रही है और इस बीच सुखजिंदर सिंह रंधावा चुपचाप सबसे मजबूत दावेदारों में उभरते दिखाई दे रहे हैं। पार्टी के भीतर कई नेता उन्हें ऐसा चेहरा मान रहे हैं जो जातीय समीकरणों को साधने के साथ-साथ विभिन्न गुटों को भी साथ लेकर चल सकता है। क्या रंधावा अब सिर्फ वरिष्ठता नहीं, बल्कि अपनी राजनीतिक स्वीकार्यता के कारण इस दौड़ में आगे निकल गए हैं ? अगर कांग्रेस आखिरकार चरणजीत सिंह चन्नी की जगह रंधावा को चुनती है, तो क्या यह संकेत होगा कि प्रतीकात्मक राजनीति से अधिक चुनावी गणित को प्राथमिकता दी जा रही है ? या फिर रंधावा की नियुक्ति केवल पार्टी के भीतर एक शक्ति केंद्र को दूसरे से बदलने तक ही सीमित रह जाएगी ?
With the rebellion of Iqbal Singh Jhundan and Santa Singh Umedpur adding to a series of recent exits from the Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit), fresh questions are being raised over the party's internal stability. A faction created to offer a new direction to Akali politics is now grappling with dissent within its own ranks. Can the Punar Surjit leadership emerge as a credible alternative if it continues to lose senior leaders ? Or is the party becoming a victim of the very factionalism it set out to challenge ?
