Punjab polls: Congress begins campaign; BJP is digging itself out

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Even as the Congress party on Wednesday (11 November 2026) launched its public campaign ‘Punjab Mangda Insaaf’ (Punjab Demands Justice) ahead of the 2027 assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party hit out at the Congress over its campaign, saying that the party whose no leaders are right against the Sikhs. talk about “justice” in Punjab.

Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Pargat Singh participated in a series of engagements in Mohali as part of the party’s campaign, which the party says aims to build a collective movement against the growing menace of drugs, crime, corruption and deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab.

Mr. Bajwa said that the campaign was not only a political campaign but a struggle for the rights, dignity and better future of Punjab. “The Congress would bring together all the sections associated with Punjab, demand answers from the Aam Aadmi Party government and present a development plan for 2027 based on the suggestions received from the people,” he said.

Meanwhile, Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon alleged that the claims in Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s newly released memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, regarding former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the June 1984 Operation Blue Star, was a calculated political ploy to whitewash the sins of the Congress.

“What does ‘Insaaf Yatra’ mean in Punjab without full justice for the victims of 1984 and a public, unconditional apology to the Congress for its heinous crimes?” he said in a statement.

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Mr. Dhillon alleged that for decades, Congress governments shielded the culprits of the anti-Sikh riots and handed out clean slates. “It was only after the Modi-led BJP government came to office in 2014 and formed a dedicated Special Investigation Team (SIT) that justice finally caught up with the perpetrators,” he added.

Published – 11 Nov 2026 14:47 IST