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January 28, 2026, 05:13 PM - 6 min read
Punjab is the only state in the north, where the party has not been able to establish itself as a strong force to reckon with.
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January 12, 2026, 02:31 PM - 6 min read
In Punjab, the Congress is undoubtedly on ascendancy. The ruling AAP is faced with strong anti-incumbency. The Shiromani Akali Dal is yet to recover from the repeated setbacks and uncertainty about its alliance with the BJP.
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January 8, 2026, 03:52 PM - 6 min read
Mann, unlike Amarinder in 2002, does not have any backing of any panthic group. He does not appear to be so ambitious that he would wrest the control of the SGPC from the Akalis/ Badals. But he is surely serious about not letting the rural peasantry consisting mainly of Jatt Sikhs to return to the Akali Dal.
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January 2, 2026, 05:21 PM - 6 min read
There is a general perception that in case the BJP does not align with the Akalis, there is a strong probability that most of the leaders who joined the party during the last few years might return to their old parties.
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December 14, 2025, 03:13 PM - 9 min read
The senior BJP leader says once he makes a commitment, he does not go back on it.
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December 13, 2025, 09:43 PM - 7 min read
But the issue Amarinder has touched has found resonance in multiple quarters within the BJP. While nobody likes to talk openly and candidly like him, several BJP leaders agree that the party should have a different approach towards Punjab. There is definitely a “deep disconnect” between Punjab and the BJP at the national level.
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December 8, 2025, 09:14 PM - 6 min read
Navjot Kaur Sidhu’s statement could not have come at a wrong time for the Congress. This has left the party red faced. There has not been anything officially from the Congress so far. Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring avoided any comment.
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December 5, 2025, 12:59 PM - 6 min read
Interestingly, this time it is the Akali workersand leaders who are keener to align with the BJP than other way round. While seniorBJP leader and former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh has been stronglybatting for the alliance, the traditional BJP leadership in Punjab has beenfavouring going alone.
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December 1, 2025, 05:47 PM - 6 min read
He appears to have started dropping hints that the BJP may likely go for an alliance with the Akalis for the 2027 assembly elections in Punjab.
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November 30, 2025, 12:19 PM - 7 min read
While BJP appears to be mulling whether it should wait and allow the party to grow and expand on its own or align with some partner that brightens prospects of victory in the coming elections, its senior ‘immigrant’ leadership remains confused.
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November 2, 2025, 04:07 PM - 12 min read
In Capt Amarinder Singh, the BJP has an ace of trumps up its sleeve. That is why the political parties in Punjab have already grown curious, as he has resumed his political innings.
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August 13, 2025, 07:25 PM - 7 min read
The appointment of Giani Harpreet Singh as party president may attract the Dalit community as well. Otherwise, the community has mostly gone along with the Congress, before it switched over to the AAP though not in its entirety.
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