BJP cracked Bengal. Can it repeat the playbook in Punjab next year?

May 6, 2026 | 16:58 IST

PM Modi at Dera Ballan in Jalandhar in February

West Bengal may have convinced the BJP that even difficult states can be conquered. But crossing from two seats to the halfway mark in a Sikh-majority state is another proposition altogether

In many states, a party with just two assembly seats would be fighting for relevance.

Not the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Even before the last votes were cast in the latest round of assembly polls, the BJP had turned its attention to Punjab, which is the next state to go to polls, alongside Uttar Pradesh, in early 2027.

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BJP cracked Bengal. Can it repeat the playbook in Punjab next year?

West Bengal may have convinced the BJP that even difficult states can be conquered. But crossing from two seats to the halfway mark in a Sikh-majority state is another proposition altogether

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BJP cracked Bengal. Can it repeat the playbook in Punjab next year?

West Bengal may have convinced the BJP that even difficult states can be conquered. But crossing from two seats to the halfway mark in a Sikh-majority state is another proposition altogether

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