Test for Majha to repeat history or script one

Comprising border districts of Amritsar,Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran,it would be a test of the earned image of the voters Majha region,who have shown a clear trend for change in the past elections.

Comprising border districts of Amritsar,Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran,it would be a test of the earned image of the voters Majha region,who have shown a clear trend for change in the past elections. It will be interesting to note whether Majha again goes by its clear anti-incumbency reputation or throws up some surprise in the January 30 polls.

The landslide victory of SAD-BJP in 1997 saw the combine emerging victorious on 25 out of 27 seats in Majha. While two went to the Independent candidates,Congress failed to win even a single seat. But anti-incumbency came into play with Congress taking a giant leap from zero in 1997 to 17 seats in 2002 polls in Majha. SAD won seven seats in that election,while three had gone to the Independent candidates.

The anti-incumbency was again at full display in the region in 2007 polls,when SAD-BJP combine bounced back and won 24 out of the total 27 seats. Congress could win only three seats in the region. And as the Congress trounced SAD in its traditional stronghold Malwa in 2007 polls,it was Majha that played a key role in doing more than a balancing act and catapulted the SAD-BJP to majority in the 117-member Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Majha may again hold the key in the January 30 polls to tilt the balance of power in Punjab. On Monday,the residents of Majha will decide whether they subscribe to the development claims of ruling SAD-BJP combine or agree with Congress allegations that vendetta ruled the roost in the region in last five years or give a fractured verdict.

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