Manpreet Badal: Name to Reckon

     Punjab State is under one year period of assembly elections. In the state assembly total number of seats are 117 and state is divided into three region by name Doaba, Majha and Malwa. In Punjab politics horizon there are main three political parties around whom balance of power moves and they are Shiromani Akali Dal, Bhartiya Janta Party and Indian National Congress party but in the state Bhartiya Janta party has alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal and they get down on the pitch of elections from last three assembly elections with Shiromani Akali Dal but recently because of churn in the Akali Dal, one more name is emerge in the political atmosphere of Punjab that is Manpreet Badal (former Finance Minster of Punjab), who was asked to resign from his post almost six months back because of differences with other leaders of party on to the issue of subsidies, as Manpreet being finance minister was in favour of removing the subsidies which were becoming burden onto the state government exchequer but his party wants to continue on subsidies which state government is giving as it has opinion its not viable to end the subsidies, along with it one more issue become Manpreet Badal’s exit from ministry that was centre offers to write off half the debt of state which is approximately 75,000 crores and it was taken during the phase of militancy in the state, but with terms like end subsidies on to electricity, improve financial health of state transport department etc.etc, Manpreet Badal was interested to accept the offer as on every year state is paying multi thousand Crore only as interest of centre where as his party against the offer.
     Manpreet Badal is now busy in public meetings throughout state and giving the facts to the public, with him some leaders of his former party are also starts join his campaign, on every meeting it is seen that he is able to pull the crowd regardless of place and region, it starts give feel to the observers that Manpreet is going to play a major role in the state assembly elections which are going to held in the state in the year 2012, and for Congress and Akali Dal it will not going to be easy elections and Manpreet Badal is going to give them run for there money, so considering the Manpreet Badal wave in the state now his some meetings are either disrupts or not allowed to held in some part of state. Although Congress and Akali Dal party leaders are claiming that Manpreet Badal is not going to change any calculations but one can say that these are the words of leaders but ground reality is that people are attending Manpreet Badal’s public meetings with full enthusiasm. Recently Manpreet Badal approach Guru Nanak Dev University to host a seminar on to Punjab’s fiscal crises, but vice chancellor of university not give permission and said University premises does not allow any political debate, but Manpreet Badal’s representatives clear the confusion in the press note they have not any political agenda in their mind in he university campus but they was simply wants students to aware the Punjab state fiscal crises, its clear either vice chancellor is right or he was stop by some invisible force to hold seminar in the university, but it appears obstacles on the way of Manpreet Badal won’t stop him to make dent in the February 2012 results. It won’t be miracle if he surprises everybody with results which will unfold at the time of February 2012 elections.