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India inshorts@indiainshortsThe Shiromani Akali Dal is under pressure to ally with the BJP before Punjab's 2027 election as its support dwindles.
BJP's national leaders have shown openness to it, but the move could anger farmers over the farm laws and draw rival criticism.
India inshorts@indiainshortsRahul Gandhi's remark that Bhagwant Mann smelled of liquor has drawn a sharp response from AAP, with Saurabh Bharadwaj calling it a low blow.
Both parties are ramping up their attacks on each other in Punjab ahead of the 2027 assembly election.
India inshorts@indiainshortsRahul Gandhi has chosen Sangrur to open the Congress's campaign for Punjab's 2027 assembly election. He will address an Insaaf Rally there on Wednesday as the party takes on AAP in the Malwa belt.
Malwa's 69 seats are widely seen as key to power in Punjab. AAP won 66 of them in 2022, while Congress took Gidderbaha and Abohar and the SAD took Dakha.
Sangrur has also been in the news over drug-related issues, including the alleged suicide of a man from Toor Banjara village in Dirba who had publicly questioned a minister over drugs in his village.
