New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab has acquired a shot within the arm as suspended Congress MP Preneet Kaur is likley to change sides and be part of the saffron celebration. She had voted towards TMC MP Mahua Moitra within the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha over the cash-for-query allegation, claiming she stood by the reality. Preneet Kaur is a Congress MP from Patiala Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab. She is the partner of former Congress stalwart and ex-Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh.
She was suspended by the Congress celebration in February 2023 for alleged anti-party actions. The celebration had sought a proof from her why she shouldn’t be expelled. She confronted the wrath of the celebration after Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Raja Warring accused her of serving to the BJP in Punjab.
She had distanced herself from the Congress’s actions since her husband was faraway from the chief minister’s put up by the Congress in 2021. She didn’t take part in Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra as properly. Her husband, Captain Amarinder Singh had floated his personal celebration earlier than the Punjab Assembly elections. However, after a poor efficiency, he merged his celebration with the BJP.
Preneet, a four-time Congress MP from Patiala since 1999, misplaced solely in 2014. She was the minister of state for exterior affairs within the UPA-2 authorities. She is a well-liked chief in her constituency, with sturdy social ties on account of her approachability and bond with grass-roots employees.
She has already swayed practically half of the Congress councillors, and in 2022, the BJP captured the civic physique with Sanjiv Bittu as mayor. Even although the civic physique’s time period has expired, most councillors within the metropolis and rural space Congress employees nonetheless again her.
Amarinder Meets Modi
Former Punjab Chief Minister and senior BJP chief Capt Amarinder Singh had a gathering with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. Amarinder Singh mentioned he mentioned varied points pertaining to Punjab, together with the farmers’ issues, with the Prime Minister.
He expressed hope that the farmers’ challenge could be settled quickly, to the satisfaction of all. Amarinder Singh was accompanied by his daughter and Punjab BJP Mahila Morcha chief Jai Inder Kaur.
The farmer unions, who’re demanding a regulation on MSP, have rejected the federal government’s proposal. Farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal mentioned on Monday that the boards determined to reject the proposal after deliberations. “If the government is not giving legal guarantee of MSP, it means that the farmers of the country will keep being exploited. This is not acceptable,” he mentioned.
SAD-BJP Alliance Talks
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP had parted methods in 2020 over the farm regulation protests, however rumours of a reunion between the BJP and its oldest NDA companion have been circulating for the reason that Union authorities scrapped the three controversial farm legal guidelines in 2021. Now with the Lok Sabha elections nearing, there’s once more discuss of secret negotiations between the SAD and the BJP to revive their alliance.
The alliance discuss in Punjab coincides with the BJP’s plans to reforge ties with its outdated southern ally Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of Chandrababu Naidu and its welcome to Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) again into the NDA fold.
In Punjab, there have been occasional hints of the previous allies coming collectively, however nothing concrete has occurred but. The motive is that there are important hurdles that the BJP and the SAD should clear, given the modified political panorama within the state.
After breaking free from the alliance, the BJP has aggressively wooed the state’s rural voters, particularly within the Malwa area that was as soon as an Akali bastion. During their 25-year alliance, the SAD contested 10 seats of the 13 in Punjab, leaving Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, and Amritsar to the BJP.
The BJP is unlikely to accept this association anymore, particularly on condition that the SAD has misplaced its clout and the BJP has gained momentum forward of the nationwide polls.
