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.