Kanwaljeet Singh Cheema, ex-oficial do IAS, juntou-se ao Shiromani Akali Dal, citando experiência administrativa e apoio aos interesses de Punjab. Kanwaljeet Singh Cheema, former IAS officer, joined Shiromani Akali Dal, citing administrative experience and support for Punjab’s interests.

O ex-oficial do IAS Kanwaljeet Singh Cheema juntou-se ao Shiromani Akali Dal em Chandigarh, recebendo elogios do presidente do partido Sukhbir Singh Badal por sua experiência administrativa e longo serviço no Punjab sob o antigo CM Parkash Singh Badals. Former IAS officer Kanwaljeet Singh Cheema joined the Shiromani Akali Dal in Chandigarh, drawing praise from party president Sukhbir Singh Badal for his administrative experience and long service in Punjab under former CM Parkash Singh Badal. Cheema, um oficial de quadros do Bengala Ocidental em 1993, serviu em papéis-chave no Punjab de 2007 a 2017 e mais tarde no Bengala Oeste e no Centro. A 1993-batch West Bengal cadre officer, Cheema served in key roles in Punjab from 2007 to 2017 and later in West Bengal and at the Centre. Badal destacou as discrepâncias nas reivindicações de investimento da AAP, citando uma resposta RTI que mostra apenas ₹ 2,600 crore em investimentos de 2022 a 2026, e criticou o manejo do governo atual da lei e ordem. Badal highlighted discrepancies in AAP’s investment claims, citing an RTI response showing only ₹2,600 crore in investments from 2022 to 2026, and criticized the current government’s handling of law and order. Cheema, que havia sido repatriado depois do Congresso chegar ao poder em 2017, expressou apoio à SAD e prometeu servir os interesses de Punjab. Cheema, who had previously been repatriated after the Congress came to power in 2017, expressed support for the SAD and pledged to serve Punjab’s interests.