The reason behind the success of SAD candidates may not be very hard to comprehend.
The presence of Taksalis would turn the electoral battle four-way making it difficult for the Badals to retain the seat which has stayed with the panthic party since 1977, except 1992 when it boycotted the polls. SAD (Taksali) has joined hands with other splinter group, including Sukhpal Khaira’s Punjabi Ekta Party, Bains brothers’ Lok Insaaf Party, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and Patiala MP Dr Dharamvir Gandhi’s Punjabi Manch, to form a mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) - Punjab Democratic Alliance (PDA) - to contest the ensuing elections. General JJ Singh, who forayed into politics ahead 2017 state assembly polls, had unsuccessfully contested 2017 polls against Capt Amarinder Singh from Patiala urban assembly constituency with finishing third with just 11.10 percent of the total votes polled. In his place, he has announced the name of former Indian Army chief and Arunachal Pradesh’s former Governor General JJ Singh for 2019 polls. Once known as “Majhe da Jarnail”, Brahmpura has already announced not to contest election, but lead the party from the front. The constituency may actually turn out to be a fort of rebel Akali leaders who have proved their mettle in the state politics.īrahmpura, the sitting MP, is now heading SAD (Taksali), throwing open challenge to the Badals’ led SAD, which, he claimed, has turned into a company looting people and has digress from its ideals. SAD’s Rattan Singh Ajnala bagged the seat in 2009, while SAD’s Ranjit Singh Brahmpura emerged victorious in 2014.īut here’s a catch! Both Ajnala and Brahmpura have now parted ways with the SAD and floated a breakaway faction - SAD (Taksali) - comprising veteran and Taksali (traditional) Akali leaders, only recently. The two elections parliamentary elections this segment has witnessed so far, since its christening as Khadoor Sahib, elected Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidates. Its earlier name was Tarn Taran, but changed during delimitation to Khadoor Sahib - a historic village where second Sikh master Guru Angad Dev lived for 13 years. It has virtually been an Akali citadel ever since the constituency was formed following the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies in 2008.
One of the 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab, it came into being just over a decade, and two elections, back. Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency is still in its infancy.
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