Overview
- Former CM Amarinder Singh said on a podcast that the BJP cannot win Punjab in 2027 without reviving a pre-poll alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal.
- Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma stated the party will prepare to contest all 117 seats on its own and framed Amarinder’s remarks as personal.
- AAP finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema accused Amarinder and the Badal family of shielding each other between 2002 and 2022 and highlighted AAP’s actions on power deals, free electricity, and government jobs.
- Senior BJP leader Vijay Sampla rejected Cheema’s charges and attacked the AAP government’s record, calling its achievements “zero” and alleging law-and-order failures.
- Congress chief Raja Warring dismissed talk of a BJP–SAD revival as inconsequential, while the SAD said it has received no formal proposal and Harsimrat Kaur Badal voiced personal criticism of the BJP alongside a conditional opening tied to Chandigarh.