Ludhiana: Unlike their massive involvement during the 2017 Assembly in Punjab, India Non-Resident (NRI) with the roots in Ludhiana district slightly vibrant about February 20 polls.
Many Nris felt sacked because they did not see their dreams about new punjab filled with leaders, especially those who had moved the party.
Some of them made references to those who left traditional parties to join the newer, especially the AAM AADMI Party (AAP).
Gurbhag Singh, a 73-year-old NRI from Auckland in New Zealand who initially belonged to Kamalpura Village, said, “In the 2017 elections, Nris has shown a lot of interest when they expect a new party (AAP) to get strength, but this time around them lose hope .
“He said since the AAM AADMI Party (AAP) was the friendly leaders of traditional parties, including those who faced allegations of corruption, NRI had doubts whether such people could bring change in the system.
“In the previous election, many Nris went to Punjab to support AAP, but this time not many have done it,” said Gurbhag, whose origin village has a substantial population of NRI.
He said not only NRI who supported the political parties financially, but also helped him by combing his candidates.
Gurdeep Singh, a NRI from Kaddon Village who lives in Canada, said that Nris felt that “the majority of MLA has no attitude or sincerity with their own parties, and therefore they will use or even loyal to the public.
They have become selfish.
Instead of focusing on public problems, they are more interested in personal allegations in other leaders.
None of them are interested in the welfare of Punjab or Punjabis.
“” In 2017 the election of Punjab, not only Nri provides money for parties, but also held a demonstration to collect Support.
However, this time around open support like it was not seen here.
There are still some NRIs that support political parties, “said Chararjit Singh Dhanda from a village in Samrala, who lives in Calgary.
“We want to see a prosperous punjab.
For this reason, we want to see changes to happen.
At one time, we also want to return to our country if such changes occur on the ground.
With inflation up here and buying a house is difficult, especially for those who Coming from India, it’s not a good scenario for us here.
We also want to switch from this fast-paced life with a more peaceful life in our ancestral villages, “Dhanda added.
NRIS also shared their thoughts about farmer organizations that had jumped into the polls.
Gurbhag Singh said that even because such organizations had an agitation experience, but they did not have experience in politics and government.
He said they did not have a relationship with politics.
In villages that have a substantial population of NRI, there are voters who say that NRI has asked them to choose changes.
“Even though NRI was not active in this election because they were in 2017, they asked us to choose candidates who could bring changes in the system and fulfill the peaceful and prosperous punjab dreams.
Recently some Nris came here to attend a wedding,” Chamkaur said Singh, a leading village resident of Chakkar.
The village that has hundreds of NRI has infrastructure such as lakes, parks, waiting rooms, guest houses, mostly developed with the help of Indian Diaspora.
Many Nris said any government came in Punjab, it must help in eradicating corruption in public offices, working against drug abuse and giving work to unemployed.
They said the government must also help increase farmers’ income.
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