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SGPC Elections 2011
WILL HIS RETURN BOOST POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF SAD (LONGOWAL)?
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Baljit Balli
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Sunday, Sep 04, 2011 12:00 AM
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Sunday, Sep 04, 2011 12:00 AM
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Chandigarh, September 4 (BB) - The decision of 86-year-old Surjit Singh Barnala, who retired as Governor of Tamil Nadu on August 31, to return to active politics in his home state was a foregone conclusion. A thorough-bred moderate Akali, Barnala returns to the state when the Panthic Morcha — supported by his party Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) — is locked in an electoral battle with the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal for control of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). He is returning to the state political scene when the power in the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and its first breakaway group, the Peoples\' Party of Punjab (PPP), has been wrested by young leadership — Sukhbir Singh Badal in the SAD and Manpreet Singh Badal in the PPP. His experience and political wisdom may be the driving force for SAD (Longowal) that has been trying for a foothold both in the SGPC and the state politics. Elections to the general house of the SGPC are scheduled for September 18 in which 157 members would be elected from Punjab, 11 from Haryana, besides one each from Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. The gurdwara elections will be followed early next year by the assembly elections. Though Barnala declared that he would be \"active in state politics\", the reigns of the SAD (Longowal) will remain with his wife Surjit Kaur. One of his sons, Gagandeep Singh Barnala, who could not retain his Dhuri seat in the last assembly elections, has also thrown his weight behind the Panthic Morcha in opposing Badals in the SGPC elections. At one time, he was one of a powerful member of the famous \"B\" trio of the Shiromani Akali Dal. Others being Badal and Balwant Singh. While Surjit Singh Barnala always maintained his association with the Shiromani Akali Dal, there came a time in early 1985 when he pushed Parkash Singh Badal behind and took Balwant Singh along to sign the Punjab accord with the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He remained a staunch supporter of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal. Another Akali stalwart and the longest serving SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra stayed with Parkash Singh Badal in the post-Rajiv Longowal accord period. Surjit Singh Barnala, however, retained his independent political identity by remaining president and later patron of Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal). Some of his loyalists, including Baldev Singh Mann, continued to owe their allegiance to him and his family. There were times when Barnala and Badal came together again as the former was elected to Parliament on the SAD ticket and became Union Minister in the NDA Government. But this unification was shortlived. Barnala is perhaps the only Punjab politician who besides remaining Chief Minister of the state (1985-87), remained Union Minister (Food, Agriculture and Rural Development) in the first non-Congress government at the Centre headed by Morarji Desai and later in the second NDA Government headed by AB Vajpayee (as Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister). Besides, he had been candidate for the office of Vice-President in 1999 and again in 2007. Before retiring as Governor of Tamil Nadu, Surjit Singh Barnala also had an earlier short term as Governor of Tamil Nadu (1990) before he was shifted to Bihar. Subsequently, he was made Lieut-Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1990-93). When his fourth attempt to get into Parliament was unsuccessful in 1999, he took to gubernatorial positions and served Uttarakhand (2000-03), Andhra Pradesh (2003-04) and lastly Tamil Nadu (2004-11). In 1952 when he entered electoral politics, he missed going to the assembly by just four votes. Now almost six decades later, his return to state politics will be watched with tremendous interest. Whether he will contest the next assembly elections due early next year or not, only time will tell.
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