Caption Amarinder Singh of Congress is back
in Punjab, and he was sowrn as the State’s 26the Chief Minister along with his cabinet,but His stint will be full of challenges
after ten years rule of the Akali Dal –
BJP. People have pinned lot of hopes on the new dispensation after throwing out the incumbent government.
Challenges are of varied types in the
sensitive border state which is pining to get rid of drug menace, massive
unemployment, slow growth and poor civic facilities. Following his party’s rout
in other states like Uttar Pradesh, challenge to resurrect the party on a robust
platform rests on his shoulders. Party men feel that Punjab will be able to radiate
positive vibes.
Punjab is near to the national
capital, his government’s performance will always be under scanner and the Panjab
government’s tackling of the state’s aspirations will reflect on the Congress party’s
prospects in the bordering Himachal Pradesh which goes to poll next year. The
elections are due there in fag end of this year and currently, Congress has got
the government there under the leadership of Vibhadra Singh. He won polls in
2012 by seeking majority in 68 members house.
The new government will have to work on the
shoe string budget of time as the general elections are due within two years.
The state’s delivery on the promises will set tone and tenor for the general elections.
Punjab has got 13 seats in the lower house of parliament and currently Congress
has only three Lok Sabha seats . BJP had
won two seats and Akali dal four seats in 2014 elections when AAP had got four
seats. In 2019, The team Modi will make comparison of the UP government in UP
and Punjab government’s performance a big issue in the campaign.
Post UP elections, the Agenda of governance has
changed, and the ruling party has to deliver on all fronts and mere sops like
free ghee in schools, freebies will not
cut ice with voters. The new a narrative is writing on the wall with virtual decimation
of the Akhilesh government in UP where he had distribuend free laptops, cycles
and many other things, but the results spoke otherwise with BJP winning 325
seats in 403 members house.
The New Punjab team has to
ensure firm governance and tight vigil on the law and order situation so that
no fingers can be pointed towards it.
Amarinder Singh was administered
the oath of office and secrecy by ethe Governor VP Singh Rathore. the Congress had
won 77 seats in the Assembly polls outclassing
the Akali dal- BJP government which could win 18seats(with BJP –has only three
in its pocket) in the 117 member house. AAP won 20 seats and its ally Lok Insaf
party two.
The 75 year old Regional satrap,
gained the power second time and he knows tricks of the governance but in the
Narendra Modi era of governance, he has to match his oratory and skills for
2019 as this time, BJP may not tie up with Akali Dal and may go alone with Modi
at the center of campaign.
The Maharaja as he was known,had
been in action during the Indo –Pak in
1965. He was the scion of Patiala.
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