As the countdown to the 2027 Punjab Legislative Assembly election begins, the state’s principal political formations have entered full‑scale mobilisation, deploying volunteers, road‑shows and issue‑centric rallies to court voters.

SAD initiates a door‑to‑door sweep across all 117 constituencies

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will commence its ground operation on 6 October, kicking off from Attari under the stewardship of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. Volunteers will visit households in every seat, logging local grievances and suggestions. This intelligence will feed into a fresh manifesto slated for release on 1 November. A state‑wide bus tour, also headed by Badal, is set to begin on 10 November, delivering the party’s message directly to the electorate.

AAP spotlights 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 residents and flaunting 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 narrative that AAP’s development agenda yields concrete results. In the 2022 poll, AAP captured 92 of Punjab’s 117 seats, forming the state government.

BJP amplifies anti‑drug narrative with a massive yatra

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has placed drug abuse at the centre of its Punjab outreach. In September, it launched the ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, dispatching four caravans that traversed roughly 4,000 km across every assembly constituency. The circuit culminated in a rally in Jalandhar on 30 September, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed supporters. Although the BJP won only two seats in the 2022 Assembly election and failed to secure any of Punjab’s 13 Lok Sabha seats in 2024, its vote share has shown an upward trajectory.

Congress wrestles with internal renewal

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 reconcile divergent factions, heal intra‑party rifts and rejuvenate the grassroots network ahead of the 2027 showdown. In the 2022 Assembly poll, Congress secured 18 seats, but improved its performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, winning seven of the 13 parliamentary seats in Punjab.

The battlefield is already heating up

Even with several months remaining before the vote, the surge in door‑to‑door canvassing, bus tours and issue‑driven rallies indicates that Punjab’s political arena is entering a decisive phase. While SAD gathers voter input for its forthcoming manifesto, AAP foregrounds its governance achievements, BJP centres its message on the drug‑abuse issue, and Congress focuses on rebuilding its organisational base. The weeks ahead are set to witness a flurry of constituency‑level events as each party strives to cement its support before the 2027 polls.