BJP Eyes Aggressive Strategy in Punjab Ahead of 2027 Assembly Elections

Harish Gupta (National Editor, Lokmat, New Delhi) An important political fortress that the BJP has never been able to conquer on its own - पंजाब.मात्र Now, with an eye on the 2027 Assembly elections, the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo seems to be planning an aggressive strategy in the state politically, socially and psychologically. The BJP believes that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is becoming increasingly insecure. The two recent low-intensity blasts near the army camp in Khasa, Amritsar, and outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters in Jalandhar, have made national security an effective issue for the BJP. The BJP is beginning to paint the Mann government as weak in terms of security in this sensitive border state where Khalistani elements are trying to regroup. But what is the BJP's most effective weapon? - its political engineering! The BJP has built a strong network of heavyweights imported from other parties in Punjab. Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar is also in the party. Union minister Ravneet Bittu Singh Bittu, a former Rajya Sabha MP, has joined the BJP.