
I had handed out blue cards (ration cards under the PDS system) to all beneficiaries irrespective of their political ideology. I changed the law for the whole of India, while sitting in a tiny village of Kairon. Nobody knows this, but I had nudged the Government of India earlier this year just by writing a letter to include pre-nursery classes into the midday meal scheme. Else, it can be mistaken as an attempt to score points with the help of someone else’s protests.

When an agitation has already started then nothing should be said about it. On the day the SAD held a massive rally in Moga, Adesh, not only stayed away, but was also spotted holding a very small meeting of his own at the house of one of his supporters in the tiny village of Jhugian Natha Singh, near the Indo-Pakistan border. The one prominent thing different in Adesh’s campaigns so far this year, however, has been his persistent reluctance to name the SAD as his party as he seeks votes from his electorates, giving fuel to rumours of a rift.


A three-time Food and Civil Supplies minister in the erstwhile SAD- BJP governments in the state between 19, Adesh is known for keeping his campaigns low- profile and for maintaining a distance from the media. Adesh, the son of former Punjab Chief Minister, Partap Singh Kairon, has been moving door-to-door seeking support from the electorates for the upcoming state Assembly elections. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA, Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, has been active in his Assembly constituency of Patti, which lies in the border district of Tarn Taran.
