Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh now needs to appease Hindus

In the previous couple of years, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has been very lenient on Khalistani extremists – be it in the course of the farmer’s protest or the repeated celebration of the Bhindranwale cult. Moreover, underneath the management of Singh, an absence of speedy investigations and penalties has been noticed in instances involving the focused killing of Hindu leaders (particularly of these related to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)).However, with the Punjab elections across the nook and all the key opposition events in addition to rebels in his personal get together (Navjot Singh Sidhu) attempting to appease Sikh hardliners, the Captain has determined to financial institution on Hindu voters; he hosted a luncheon with outstanding Hindu leaders of the state, wherein calls for for making a Hindu as chief of Punjab Congress Committee (PCC) and giving extra city tickets to Hindus, had been raised.“A number of leaders told the CM that Hindu leaders were feeling alienated. As many as 15 Assembly segments from Hindu leaders were fielded earlier, have been handed over to Jat Sikhs. We raised this issue. Also, we requested the CM that the PCC chief should also be a Hindu,” a frontrunner from Malwa stated.Amarinder Singh agreed to the calls for and conveyed to the central management that he prefers Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari and state Education and PWD Minister Vijay Inder Singla for the submit. There is a buzz that get together excessive command is planning to present Navjot Singh Sidhu, the arch-enemy of Amarinder Singh, the submit of PCC Chief. With this transfer to make a Hindu PCC chief, Amarinder Singh is hopeful of not solely sidelining Sidhu but in addition of bringing in Hindus (who represent 38% of the state’s inhabitants and are influential on city seats), on his facet earlier than the elections.The leaders who attended the Captain’s luncheon spoke towards Sidhu being made PCC chief. Former Moga MLA Malti Thapar stated after the assembly: “I am of considered opinion that (Navjot) Sidhu being a newcomer (to the Congress) doesn’t understand its ideology and doesn’t suit to be the president of the state unit. There are so many other important positions for him. Party president should be the person who takes everybody along… Leaders who have been staunch Congressmen should be taken care of.”“It was an interaction with leaders of the party from urban areas and chief ministers listened to the problems of their constituencies. The suggestions given by them were referred to the ministers of local bodies and finance for completion of pending projects. Around Rs 600 crore will be sanctioned,” stated Amritsar West MLA Raj Kumar Verka.Dalits, who represent a big proportion of Punjab’s inhabitants (~32%), have historically voted for the Congress get together, and this is likely one of the causes the grand outdated get together repeatedly involves energy within the state regardless of the stain of its involvement within the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.However, these communities are sad with the truth that at all times, a Jat chief is chosen for the Chief Minister’s submit, regardless of the get together that involves energy. Back in 2011, Kamal Sachdev, a Congress chief who was ousted from the get together for making ‘communal demands’, questioned why solely a Jat can turn out to be the Punjab CM. “Congress is a secular party, why can the CM not be a Hindu, urban Sikh or a Dalit, with whose votes the party was coming to power,” he requested.Sensing such sentiments from the non-Jat communities in Punjab, who represent greater than three-fourths of the state’s inhabitants, Congress needs to nominate a Hindu as PCC chief earlier than the election, to appease Hindus and would most likely announce another necessary submit for a Dalit Sikh in order that these communities again the get together within the 2022 meeting elections.