New Punjab CM is first "Sikh" CM with a trimmed beard (and nobody bats an eye)

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On 9/30/2021 at 2:03 PM, californiasardar1 said:

1. Meanwhile, clowns like Deep Sidhu are held up as panthic heros

2. This is a community in freefall that doesn't have any standards.

1. Deep Sidhu isn't held up as Panthic hero but has given due respect for walking away from millions of dollars that he could have made as BJP MP or Advocate/Corporate Lawyer in order to stand for the rights of the poor in India.

2. Every other country has sehajdhari political leaders so why would one argue that Bhagwant Mann will do any worse of a job than Badal, Amrinder or Beanta? Surely it's about getting the least worst choice for leadership rather than insisting upon Rehit in a secular democracy. Remember barely above 50% at present when including all the Dera premi's within Sikh numbers and if you are going define only Amritdhari's as Sikhs then the percentage of Sikhs falls to 2% in east Punjab, so logically why would you expect a Kesdhari CM in a secular democracy given those numbers? It's like Muslims in California expecting the Governor's position there. Weight of numbers matter in a democracy.

 

On 9/30/2021 at 2:20 PM, Premi5 said:

but should it not be the most-qualified person?

Of course it should, or whoever is the least worst option - which Bhagwant Mann clearly was in comparison to anti-Sikh CM's like Amrinder and Badal

On 9/30/2021 at 2:53 PM, californiasardar1 said:

It doesn't matter that he is part of a "secular" party. He is a Sikh in a leadership role.

It is better to have hopefully an honest sehajdhari Sikh in the CM role than dishonest anti-Sikh CM's like Amrinder, Badal and Beanta.

On 9/30/2021 at 5:19 PM, Kau89r8 said:

You guys are reaching ... as if badals or capt were 'Sikhs'...they will NEVER allow a Panthic Khalsa Sikh

what can we do? choose the less evil 

100% agree with you. What you have said is common sense.

On 3/22/2022 at 10:26 PM, californiasardar1 said:

1. The new CM is a mona 

2. it was such a non-story that nobody even mentioned it. 

3. Anyway, I expect this to basically be the death knell for the importance of the Singh image in Sikh politics. For example, the Akali Dal will now feel free to stop pretending to be panthic and put forward a bunch of mona candidates.

1. Yes he was clearly a better option that anti-Sikhs like Amrinder and Badal

2. Good. As in a secular democracy, competency to do the job matters more rather than anti-Sikh characters like Amrinder or Badal being foisted on Punjab by Delhi.

3. Good. Badal Dal have no connection to Sikhi. The societies which keep the false veneer of religion out of secular politics tend to perform better economically than theocracies, for example, Singapore, Japan, Germany, Canada etc in comparison to Pakistan, Mauritania or Afghanistan.

On 3/29/2022 at 6:42 PM, californiasardar1 said:

I understand what the choices were and why people voted for Bhagwant Mann. I would have voted for him before I voted for the Badals, despite the Badals being keshdhari.

You have pretty much answered your own question.

Decent honest leadership will always be more important than Delhi's criteria of foisting anti-Sikh crooks like Amrinder and Badal simply because they look the part.

I am optimistic that Punjab's economy can grow by 50% over the next 5 years or at least double within the next 10 years which is certainly likely to better going than the California economy hopefully.

This is what good governance (irrespective of religious status) can achieve:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/higher-than-national-average-per-capita-income-of-telangana-doubled-in-7-years-says-cm-kcr/articleshow/85345573.cms?from=mdr