PATIALA: In 1977, when the shroud of Emergency clouded the country, a pupil at Government Medical College in Amritsar forgot put his research to change into a health care provider within the backburner and as a substitute raised a flag in contrast “oppression”. At the time, Dharamvira Gandhi had to spend a month in jail.
Cut to 2014, the coed changed into a famend cardiologist, but the riot within never died: So, when Arvind Kejriwal shaped the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Anna Hazare’s Indian Anti-Corruption Movement in 2013, Dr Gandhi, who used to be training drugs in Patiala at the time, jumped directly to the bandwagon and began his political profession. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Patiala on an AAP price ticket and defeated former minister for exterior affairs (state) Preneet Kaur, spouse of present CM Amarinder Singh, through 20,942 votes.
However, when the AAP nationwide convener tried to purge dissidence within the celebration through showing the best way out to senior leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, Dr Gandhi went ballistic in opposition to the transfer. This lead the way for his suspension from the celebration in April 2015.
Having been sidelined within the celebration, Dr Gandhi formed his politics across the problems that ruled the Punjabi psyche — together with the decriminalisation of transitional drugs like opium and seeking royalty from non-riparian states over using Punjab waters to fortify the state’s financial system. As a member of Parliament’s standing committee on city development and the consultative committee of Union ministry of railways, he were given approvals for the Rs 1251-crore challenge for double laning the Rajpura–Bahtinda rail observe and Rs 200-crore electrification challenge for Rajpura-Bathinda rail line.
He additionally credit himself for introducing non-public bills within the Lok Sabha — just like the Guardians and Wards (Amendment) Bill, 2016; The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2016; the Sikh Marriage Bill, 2016; the Hindu Minority and Guardianship (Amendment) Bill, 2016; the Thalassemia Prevention Bill, 2018; the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 2018; and the Industrial Employment and Environmental Protection Bill, 2018. He even were given Rs 1.98 crore sanctioned from the Prime Minister’s Office for poor sufferers of his constituency who wanted money for treatment of cancer, thalassemia, bone marrow transplant, heart surgery and dialysis.
He landed in an argument when he sowed poppy (opium) seeds at Chhapar village in Ludhiana district and the police initiated a probe in opposition to him below the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) Act in October, closing year. However, he remained unfazed and continued with his crusade to decriminalise conventional drugs akin to opium and poppy husk, claiming it will go some distance in bringing down using synthetic drugs.
He has been contending that countries like the US, Canada, the Netherlands and Brazil have already withdrawn bans on cultivation of marijuana and these countries have even larger their source of revenue whilst saving their younger population from unnecessary prosecution. He additionally held a gathering with Union home minister Rajnath Singh, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and the state’s chief secretary on the issue.
True to his nature of being a riot, Dr Gandhi used to be often observed with leaders who, regardless of possessing a robust political acumen, had failed to discover a suitable place in conventional events. He used to be observed sharing the centre degree with former Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar when he took out the ‘Mukti Yatra’ on the problems regarding Punjab or even reached out to Taksali Akalis when Brahmpura and his loyalists have been proven the door through the Shiromani Akali Dal.
In March, closing year, he floated Punjab Manch anticipating it to evolve right into a political celebration, but he shaped the Patiala Democratic Alliance (PDA) with Sukhpal Khaira and his MLAs, at the side of the Bains brothers and the BSP state president Rashpal Raju, in December closing year. He insisted on having a single celebration and contesting the elections below a single leader and a single slogan. However, when Khaira pronounces his Punjabi Ekta Party, he used to be observed supporting him at the launch, but never joined the celebration himself.
He now says he would be contesting the following Lok Sabha election as a member of the PDA and not of any political celebration, which, in step with political observers, can change if the PDA paves the best way for a single political celebration.
Cut to 2014, the coed changed into a famend cardiologist, but the riot within never died: So, when Arvind Kejriwal shaped the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Anna Hazare’s Indian Anti-Corruption Movement in 2013, Dr Gandhi, who used to be training drugs in Patiala at the time, jumped directly to the bandwagon and began his political profession. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Patiala on an AAP price ticket and defeated former minister for exterior affairs (state) Preneet Kaur, spouse of present CM Amarinder Singh, through 20,942 votes.
However, when the AAP nationwide convener tried to purge dissidence within the celebration through showing the best way out to senior leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, Dr Gandhi went ballistic in opposition to the transfer. This lead the way for his suspension from the celebration in April 2015.
Having been sidelined within the celebration, Dr Gandhi formed his politics across the problems that ruled the Punjabi psyche — together with the decriminalisation of transitional drugs like opium and seeking royalty from non-riparian states over using Punjab waters to fortify the state’s financial system. As a member of Parliament’s standing committee on city development and the consultative committee of Union ministry of railways, he were given approvals for the Rs 1251-crore challenge for double laning the Rajpura–Bahtinda rail observe and Rs 200-crore electrification challenge for Rajpura-Bathinda rail line.
He additionally credit himself for introducing non-public bills within the Lok Sabha — just like the Guardians and Wards (Amendment) Bill, 2016; The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2016; the Sikh Marriage Bill, 2016; the Hindu Minority and Guardianship (Amendment) Bill, 2016; the Thalassemia Prevention Bill, 2018; the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 2018; and the Industrial Employment and Environmental Protection Bill, 2018. He even were given Rs 1.98 crore sanctioned from the Prime Minister’s Office for poor sufferers of his constituency who wanted money for treatment of cancer, thalassemia, bone marrow transplant, heart surgery and dialysis.
He landed in an argument when he sowed poppy (opium) seeds at Chhapar village in Ludhiana district and the police initiated a probe in opposition to him below the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) Act in October, closing year. However, he remained unfazed and continued with his crusade to decriminalise conventional drugs akin to opium and poppy husk, claiming it will go some distance in bringing down using synthetic drugs.
He has been contending that countries like the US, Canada, the Netherlands and Brazil have already withdrawn bans on cultivation of marijuana and these countries have even larger their source of revenue whilst saving their younger population from unnecessary prosecution. He additionally held a gathering with Union home minister Rajnath Singh, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and the state’s chief secretary on the issue.
True to his nature of being a riot, Dr Gandhi used to be often observed with leaders who, regardless of possessing a robust political acumen, had failed to discover a suitable place in conventional events. He used to be observed sharing the centre degree with former Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar when he took out the ‘Mukti Yatra’ on the problems regarding Punjab or even reached out to Taksali Akalis when Brahmpura and his loyalists have been proven the door through the Shiromani Akali Dal.
In March, closing year, he floated Punjab Manch anticipating it to evolve right into a political celebration, but he shaped the Patiala Democratic Alliance (PDA) with Sukhpal Khaira and his MLAs, at the side of the Bains brothers and the BSP state president Rashpal Raju, in December closing year. He insisted on having a single celebration and contesting the elections below a single leader and a single slogan. However, when Khaira pronounces his Punjabi Ekta Party, he used to be observed supporting him at the launch, but never joined the celebration himself.
He now says he would be contesting the following Lok Sabha election as a member of the PDA and not of any political celebration, which, in step with political observers, can change if the PDA paves the best way for a single political celebration.
A former doctor, this rebel is ready to stand alone
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February 17, 2019
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