As the countdown to the 2027 Punjab Legislative Assembly election begins, the state’s leading political formations have kicked their field operations into high gear, mobilising volunteers, road‑shows and issue‑driven rallies to win voter confidence.
SAD initiates a door‑to‑door sweep across all 117 constituencies
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will launch its ground‑level push on 6 October, setting out from Attari under the helm of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. Party workers will visit households in every seat, cataloguing local grievances and suggestions. The amassed data will feed into the party’s manifesto, earmarked for release on 1 November. A subsequent statewide bus tour, also led by Badal, is slated to begin on 10 November, taking the party’s platform directly to voters.
AAP highlights its record in government
The incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) continues to leverage its time in power. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is touring assembly segments, meeting citizens and showcasing flagship schemes such as free electricity and the ‘Mawan‑Dhian Satkar’ initiative. Party ministers and legislators have been urged to maintain a visible presence in their constituencies, reinforcing the message that AAP’s development agenda is yielding concrete results. In the 2022 poll, AAP captured 92 of Punjab’s 117 seats, forming the state government.
BJP amps up anti‑drug narrative with a massive yatra
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has placed drug‑related issues at the core of its Punjab outreach. In September, it organized the ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, dispatching four teams that traversed roughly 4,000 km across all assembly constituencies. The journey culminated in a rally in Jalandhar on 30 September, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed supporters. Although the BJP managed only two seats in the 2022 Assembly election and failed to win any of Punjab’s 13 Lok Sabha seats in 2024, its vote share has shown a modest rise.
Congress seeks renewal of its organisational structure
The Indian National Congress has responded to internal turbulence by installing Pargat Singh as the new state president, succeeding Raja Warring. Singh’s immediate mandate is to bridge factional divides, heal internal wounds and revitalize the party’s grassroots machinery ahead of the 2027 contest. In the 2022 Assembly election, Congress secured 18 seats, but improved its standing in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, winning seven of the 13 parliamentary seats in Punjab.
The grassroots contest is already heating up
Even with several months left before the vote, the surge in door‑to‑door canvassing, bus tours and issue‑focused rallies indicates that Punjab’s political battleground is entering a decisive phase. While SAD is gathering voter input for its forthcoming manifesto, AAP is foregrounding its governance milestones, BJP is foregrounding the anti‑drug agenda, and Congress is concentrating on rebuilding its organisational base. The weeks ahead are likely to witness a flurry of constituency‑level events as each party strives to cement its support ahead of the 2027 elections.
