The curious case of chief ministership.

 

The fights with tails up has subdued in Punjab as Aam Aadmi Party has let the cat out of the bag by announcing its chief ministerial candidate in the form of Bhagwant Mann – the comedy turned politician. With this came the end to a prolonged squabble over the declaration of possible candidature for the top post in the state.

Rivalry parties, on the other hand, showcase a variable stand in declaring the names. For Congress, the newly made chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi would be preferably favorite option over PCCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, given his mass command over  Dalits and his commendable track record in the past few months. Navjot Singh Sidhu, on the other side, never wishes other to be the C.M but himself. At this crucial juncture when the election is round the corner, he has been avoiding venting out threatening statements against party high command.

The evident choice of chief ministerial face of the Punjab Lok Congress-BJP alliance would be no other than Amrinder Singh himself because he possesses a vast sway over Punjab politics. Amrinder Singh was ousted from Congress, so he must be eyeing for an opportunity to once again place himself on the top seat. As for one more angle in Punjab polls, the party which is desperate enough to gain its lost ground, Shiromani Akali Dal, where the hereditary politics has unfolded itself, Sukhbir Singh Badal is possibly the chief ministerial face of the party. Prakash Singh Badal, the five times CM of Punjab, is in his 90s and his activeness being vaporizing from active politics, has made way for his son.

Several political parties having base in other states are also trying their luck in the forthcoming polls. For instance, BSP a party whose politics revolves mostly around Dalit votebank has announced its merger with SAD. Also BSP is eyeing to improve its poll performance in UP where party has seen declining trend since 2012. Some political parties, strategically announce their chief ministerial face before the election so that the early momentum can be shifted to their advantage. The task of maneuvering of voters on communal lines is taken up. Carrying out social engineering along with mobilization is done keeping the caste and religion of the chief ministerial candidate.

There are political parties who do not find it conducive enough to touch this hot button and tend to keep it in abeyance till elections are over. To the south of Punjab lies the most populous state of India, where there had been a trend with BJP of not disclosing the party’s CM face before election. The party reaped political dividend and pulled off a historic win.

At that time, the only prominent OBC leader now left with the party, Keshav Prasad Maurya was considered the closest to the CM’s post but surprise choice Yogi Adityanath pipped him to the post. Ten March is the result day when it will become crystal clear that on which side the camel would sit.

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