In an announcement that exhibits the Congress celebration’s typical feudal and casteist mindset, celebration MP Ravneet Singh Bittu stated “pious” seats like Anandpur Sahib and Chamkaur Sahib shouldn’t be given to the Bahujan Samaj Party for Punjab elections 2022.This has led to huge protests towards Bittu, particularly within the Dalit dominated Doaba area and its centre, Jalandhar. At Buta Mandi in Jalandhar, BSP leaders burnt Bittu’s effigy and demanded his resignation. “How and why can’t a BSP leader contest from a pious seat? Does the MP still consider Dalits or BSP leaders non-pious? Or maybe he considers the rest of the state less pious,” a BSP employee stated.Later the Congress MP tried to come back protected and stated that his assertion was misinterpreted. “I only meant to say that the Akali Dal had deserted Panthic seats. I never passed any comment against Dalits. BSP doesn’t imply Dalits as the party has workers from all castes. My political mentor Malkit Singh Dakha is a Dalit,” stated Bittu.However, clearly, nobody is able to purchase that. The BSP leaders are demanding his unconditional apology and have filed an FIR towards the Congress MP. BSP state chief Jasvir Singh Garhi stated, “Bittu has shown that he has not imbibed the lessons taught by the 10th Sikh Guru at the time of formation of Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib. He preached equality. Despite having been elected from Anandpur Sahib earlier, Bittu has now shown that people had wrongly chosen him.”Punjab’s politics is totally dominated by Jat Sikhs, who represent 21 per cent of the state’s inhabitants. The Jat Sikhs, who predominantly vote for Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), take pleasure in a disproportionate share of political and financial energy within the state. While the 33 per cent Dalit Sikhs have declare over simply 3 per cent of the state’s whole landholdings, the Jat Sikhs have claimed 80 per cent arable land with simply 21 per cent of the inhabitants.The Congress celebration usually involves energy within the state with the assist of Hindus and Dalits Sikhs, as a result of each need to hold Akali Dal, supported by radical Sikhs, out of energy. An usually lesser talked side of the Bhindranwale cult is the cruelties it carried out over Dalit Sikhs as a result of they opposed their fundamentalist interpretation of the religion.For the 2022 meeting election, SAD has allied with Bahujan Samaj Party with a purpose to seize the votes of the Dalit group for the alliance and awarded 20 seats to it. Dalits are particularly dominant in round 23 seats within the Doaba area. In the previous few years, the presence of BSP has declined significantly within the state however even then, it will get a very good variety of votes.During its peak in Punjab, the Mayawati led celebration used to get round double-digit votes. And one should not overlook that the Bahujan motion began from Punjab, led by Kanshi Ram ( a Dalit Sikh from Punjab) – the predecessor and mentor of Mayawati.The Congress leaders like Ravneet Singh Bittu are harming the prospects for his or her celebration by making such derogatory and silly statements. Dalits are a serious vote financial institution for the Congress celebration and in the event that they shift to SAD-BSP (which as of now appears to be like most unlikely), the defeat of Amarinder Singh is imminent. People like Bittu attempt to invoke the Jat supremacy with a purpose to please their group, forgetting the truth that their celebration can not come to energy within the state with out assist from the Dalit group.