Overview
- Badal launched the 'Punjab Bachao, Sukhbir Singh Badal Liyao' drive in Qadian on February 17, unveiling a plan for 40 back-to-back rallies before Baisakhi.
- At Amarkot in the Khemkaran segment on February 18, he said an SAD government would stop Punjab’s river water from flowing to Rajasthan and would block transfers to Haryana via the SYL canal.
- His platform features ₹10 lakh interest-free loans for youth, a 75% hiring mandate for Punjabi youth in new industries, government jobs limited to Punjabis, and the revival of subsidised atta-daal, higher pensions and wedding assistance.
- He vowed a crackdown on gangsterism and the drug trade, proposing denial of bail for up to 10 years and confiscation or auction of offenders’ properties.
- He intensified attacks on AAP with allegations against Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and claims of Rajya Sabha seats being sold, while internal jockeying surfaced as Bikram Singh Majithia backed Gauravdeep Valtoha for Khemkaran and former MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha said he will contest.