At this juncture of time, too much has happened in the political space in Punjab which is likely to have a direct impact on the upcoming Assembly polls. Actually I am in a complete state of disgust after observing the political updates in the last 2 weeks and the reason behind that is the leading faces of all the political parties which are the main competitors of the upcoming polls. The following news featured in The Tribune dated 13 July 2015.
Apparently on different pages of the same newspaper, the former CM and the incumbent CM made a statement contradicting each other just for the sake of it. The most irritating part is that these two leaders have made it a personal battle and are so much consumed with their political rivalry that they think it's either me or the other one who can rule the state and no third power can emerge as long as two of us are there. I won't call it an SAD-BJP-Congress nexus but definitely a Captain-Badal nexus to make a fool out of Punjabis.
But even worse is the fact that I'm much more disgusted with AAP as compared to Congress or SAD out of the infighting and factionalism coming in the public domain. Though many AAP loyalists in Delhi were highly disturbed over the expulsion of Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from the party, expulsion of Dr. Daljit Singh from the Punjab executive committee has infuriated many AAP workers in the state. Many prominent leaders of the party are blaming Arvind Kejriwal for having a dictatorial attitude. Actually, this is changing the entire scenario of the AAP image. Now AAP is making an impression that it's become so much ambitious that it's forgetting about the ways and means of achieving their political success. They're simply looking for leaders who can fetch them seats irrespective of their morals and are bypassing "the neat and clean image" as a criteria for induction into the party. Even Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi has questioned the integrity of Sucha Singh Chhotepur, the Chairman of AAP executive committee of Punjab, by calling him an opportunist who has switched various political parties in the past for making a political career. Only Bhagwant Mann is projecting a magnanimous image and talking of taking everyone along.
Another social-media source that is worth sharing here is the youtube video of Balwant Singh Nandgarh, the erstwhile Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib:
I recommend all the readers to watch this video as the Jathedar though, has been hesitant in making any political statement but has clearly said : "BJP does exactly what SAD tells it to do and SAD does exactly what RSS tells it to do, hence SAD is not thinking about panthic interests."
Though SAD-BJP put up a united face during the Union Finance Minster's visit at Amritsar but it would be really interesting to watch that whether they keep their words about the alliance or not. Punjab politics is actually as bad as any crooked state which has little hope for the future and I recommend the youth to stay away from it as much as possible as the established leaders can make a political non-entity out of a powerful person like Navjot Singh Sidhu at any time and hence the aspiring leaders have absolutely no future in state politics, even AAP doesn't ensure a stable and a reliable platform.
I will present the sequel of this article soon where I'll touch the role of right-wing Sikh outfits and student politics which are the burning topics nowadays.
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