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February 17, 2026, 12:50 PM - 6 min read
First thing the party needs to do is to pre-empt any further exodus of its leaders to other parties. The party also faces the challenge to ensure it retains the voter base of 18 per cent. For this, it will have to take a practical and pragmatic view of the ground situation in Punjab.
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February 15, 2026, 05:22 PM - 2 min read
A former Congress leader, Khanna had initially joined the BJP in 2022, subsequently being appointed vice-president of its Punjab unit.
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February 4, 2026, 05:06 PM - 6 min read
Personal bitterness against the AAP government, Chief Minister Mann in particular, has made Khaira forego hostility with the Akalis and come out in support of Majithia, who specially thanked him after coming out of jail.
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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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January 1, 2026, 04:52 PM - 5 min read
The Congress is not an exception when it comes to over-centralisation of power; all political parties are like that. The BJP is probably more centralised today than the Congress.
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December 22, 2025, 06:07 PM - 6 min read
Although in Punjab, the rural body or local body elections are heavily tilted in favour of the ruling party and have no impact on the Assembly elections, the AAP has been playing up the “victory” ahead of the Assembly elections that are scheduled in one year from now in February 2027.
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December 21, 2025, 09:45 PM - 2 min read
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader also said Punjabis are hardworking and wherever they go, they contribute to the development of that place.
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December 6, 2025, 05:36 PM - 6 min read
Successive regimes in Punjab have made the police force look like a “mercenary brigade”. Competent officers and other personnel with a high degree of integrity remain mostly sidelined, while those who are ready to go the extra mile in obliging their political masters get prime positions.
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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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