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However, the Congress’s past record of learning from its mistakes is quite patchy. This should be a lesson for Rahul Gandhi,” the analysts say. The Dalit vote bank is not as cohesive in Punjab as it is in UP, and the Congress was so busy in its internal bickering that it lost this election even before the campaigning started.

#ADESH PARTAP SINGH KAIRON WIFE INSTALL#

“It was a blunder to install Channi as CM. Similarly, Navjot Singh Sidhu, former Indian cricketer, lost to Jeevan Jyot Kaur in Amritsar East. Channi, who became the first Dalit chief minister of Punjab with an eye on 32 percent Dalit votes in the state, lost both his seats in Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur to AAP candidates. It has come down from 77 seats in 2017 to 18 seats in 2022. Just like the Badals, the Congress has also reverted to its worst performance of 1977. Later on, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, married to Sukhbir, became an MP and a Union minister.Īt a time when parties like the AAP were constantly transforming their politics, Badals’ needle got stuck, and so it was only a matter of time before the public rejected them.Īlso read: Abki baar, lower the bar: How BJP won UP again with just rashan, bhashan, prashasan & emotionĬhanni, Sidhu, Amarinder – Congress’ troubling troika Prakash, Sukhbir and Bikram were the most powerful ministers in the 2012 Punjab cabinet, while Parkash’s son-in-law Adesh Partap Singh Kairon was also in the cabinet. Its core supporters - farmers - and a strong cadre withered away from it. Those who observe the politics of Punjab from close quarters say that ever since Sukhbir became SAD president in 2008, this cadre-based party was turned into a party of dynasts. A Congress member, Manpreet Singh Badal (Sukhbir’s cousin), lost to AAP’s Jagroop Singh Gill from Bathinda Urban. Only Majithia’s wife Ganieve Kaur could win a seat for the Badal family from Majitha.

Sukhbir’s brother-in-law Bikram Singh Majithia was defeated in Amritsar East by the AAP’s Jeevan Jyot Kaur, who runs an NGO. Similarly, his son Sukhbir Singh Badal, who took charge of the Akali Dal in 2008, lost to AAP’s Jagdeep Kamboj of the AAP by close to 31,000 votes in his stronghold Jalalabad. Parkash Singh Badal lost Lambi seat to Gurmeet Singh Khudian of the AAP by a margin of 11,396 votes. The SAD could win just three seats, its most crushing defeat since the party’s formation in 1920. Barring one member, the entire Badal family lost the 2022 election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi once called him the “Nelson Mandela of Indian politics” because just like Mandela, Badal had spent 17 years in prison during the freedom movement and the Emergency.īut these are changing times now. In an era when Punjab was battling radical politics and extremism, Badal Sr not only healed the wounds of the state but also secured a place for himself in the hearts of the people. Parkash Singh Badal became India’s youngest Sarpanch at 20 and the chief minister of Punjab at 43. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and former CM Harish Rawat complete the 2022 ‘losers’ club’, which is ThePrint’s Newsmaker of the Week.Īlso read: Crowds, speeches, dancing - glimpses of AAP, BJP celebrations after assembly poll victories Akhilesh Yadav did manage to increase Samajwadi Party’s vote share, but his dream of becoming Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister for the second time remained just that - a dream. Similarly, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s Congress could win only two seats after the much-hyped ‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’ campaign. Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) managed to win only one seat, undoubtedly the biggest defeat of her political career. Not only did the voters not differentiate between David and Goliaths in Punjab, but prominent faces and chief ministers met the same fate elsewhere too, whether it was in Uttar Pradesh or Uttarakhand. From the Congress’ outgoing chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi to the party’s state president Navjot Singh Sidhu from Bikram Singh Majithia to the Badals who turned the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) into a party of dynasts, no one was spared this time.

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