May 23, 2019 Congress Finds Saving Grace in Captain Amrinder's Punjab; SAD Alliance Ahead in 4 Seats, AAP's Bhagwant Mann Wins Sangrur Out of the total 13 seats in the state, Congress romped home to impressive victory on eight seats, surprising both the SAD-BJP combine and the Aam Aadmi Party and improving its tally from three in 2014.
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On the panel:
1. Prof Bhupinder Singh Brar
Political Scientist & Public Intellectual
2. Hamir Singh
Sr Journalist & Activist
3. Dr Sumail Singh Sidhu
Historian & Activist, former convenor of AAP, Punjab
As election fever isat high pitch - abuses, freebies, promises, code of conduct violations and politicians ready get you a slice of the moon, on what basis are the voters making a choice? Who they hate? Who 'looks like' an alternative? Who 'seems' sincere? Where are our performance measuring indicators? How do they do it in better evolved democracies?
Does national politics even matter?
Also, at a time when everyone is telling you what they will do when they win, not one is saying what they plan to do if they lose. What if AAP loses? Is it the end of story? Revolutionaries will return home? Inquilabi fever will die down? Also, if AAP wins, do you see massive opposition from day one? Will they face problems as they did in Delhi? After all, both SAD and Congress will still have the capacity to mobilise crowds.
What will AAP do if it wins since it has too many CM candidates? Not announcing CM can turn out to be tricky - what if Kejriwal becomes CM? Can he do that? How? After all, he has said that won't happen.
What if Akali Dal loses? Will there be a fight for leadership? A challenge to Badals within the party? What will be the impact on BJP- SAD relationship?
We know what will happen if Congress loses. Amarinder Singh will retreat to the hills and write a book. Do not look for a Leader of the Opposition in the royal scion.
We are in a situation where no matter what is the result on March 11, a lot of people will be surprised by it.
The saddest thing in the debate was what the panelists said about our public intellectuals - either missing, or coopted or corrupted or aloof or disconnected. As a sign of the things to come, it hardly looks like a scenario we should be looking forward to.
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