What Congress s Sweep of Punjab Municipal Polls Tells Us About Impact of Farm Protests
The ruling party benefitted from the anger towards the BJP and its former ally SAD, but all eyes will now be trained on the state s assembly election in 2022.
Amarinder Singh campaigning with Raminder Singh Awla in Jalalabad on October 16, 2019. Photo: capt amarinder/Twitter
Politics19/Feb/2021
Chandigarh: Not long ago, the ruling Congress in Punjab was facing a crisis of sorts. Its own MLAs were speaking against chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
The Punjab hooch tragedy last August that claimed over 120 lives widened the rift within the party after its senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa openly blamed Singh for the tragedy.
In what is being touted as a referendum on Centre's farm laws, the ruling Congress dispensation led by Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday emerged as the largest party in the Punjab civic polls, winning six of the seven municipal corporations.
Dubbed movies from south India aid recovery in domestic cinema business
Tamil film Chakra, starring Vishal and dubbed as Chakra Ka Rakshak, will hit the theatres on 19 February. (Source: Twitter @taran adarsh)Premium
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There is a big opportunity in a bunch of these entertainers over the next two to six months in the Hindi-speaking market which as of now has only three big films available for release - Akshay Kumar’s Sooryavanshi, sports drama ’83 and Salman Khan’s Radhe
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NEW DELHI: Films from down south, mostly dubbed in other regional languages, have been aiding recovery in India s cinema business, including the Hindi-speaking market, especially as Bollywood has had few new movies to offer since theatres reopened. Adding to this recovery will be Tamil film Chakra, starring Vishal and dubbed as Chakra Ka Rakshak, which will release this week.
The Congress won in Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Batala and Pathankot, in the civic polls held against the backdrop of the farmers agitation. In Moga, it needed victories in six more wards to control the municipal corporation.
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