The battle to become the principal challenger to Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab's 2027 assembly elections is intensifying, with the BJP, Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal all jockeying for the opposition space, according to Priyanka Mukherjee’s Times of India report.
Congress remains the main opposition party in the state with 18 seats, ahead of the SAD and BJP. However, the party is dealing with internal friction after its central leadership retained Amrinder Singh Raja Warring as Punjab Congress president while naming Charanjit Singh Channi as chief of the campaign committee, the report said. Several state leaders have backed Channi and pushed the high command to revisit its leadership decisions.
