2022, Surinder Singh Sodhi, former hockey star who once shattered Olympic scoring records and earned the Arjuna Award and Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award, faced off against Pargat Singh Powar, another hockey legend turned politician, in what became a true “hockey vs hockey” election in Jalandhar Cantt. Despite his illustrious sports and IPS background, Sodhi lost the seat, raising the question — can this decorated player turn his skills into a political comeback in 2027, or is it time for AAP to try a new face?
2022 में, सुरिंदर सिंह सोढ़ी, पूर्व हॉकी स्टार जिन्होंने कभी ओलंपिक में गोल का रिकॉर्ड तोड़ा और अर्जुन पुरस्कार तथा महाराजा रणजीत सिंह पुरस्कार हासिल किए, ने परगट सिंह पवार, एक और हॉकी लेजेंड और नेता, के खिलाफ जालंधर कैंट में हॉकी बनाम हॉकी वाला मुकाबला लड़ा। अपने शानदार खेल और IPS पृष्ठभूमि के बावजूद, सोढ़ी सीट नहीं जीत पाए। सवाल यह है, क्या यह पुरस्कृत खिलाड़ी 2027 में राजनीतिक वापसी कर पाएंगे या अब AAP को कोई नया चेहरा आज़माना चाहिए?
A doctor by profession and politician by passion, Dr. Ajay Gupta of Aam Aadmi Party stunned everyone in 2022 by performing a political “operation” on Amritsar Central defeating veteran Om Parkash Soni, a former Deputy CM, with a clean 46% vote share. But three years later, the buzz in the streets is sharp, has the doctor-turned-MLA kept his stethoscope on the people’s pulse, or is the clinic now closed after the 2022 operation?
