Chandigarh, November 15, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has stepped up preparations for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections by constituting its state-level Manifesto Committee and Chargesheet Committee, assigning leadership roles to senior party leaders Avinash Rai Khanna and Sunil Jakhar.
Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon announced the appointments through letters issued under his signature. He also indicated that the party would constitute and announce a few more important committees in the coming days.
Former Punjab BJP president and former Rajya Sabha member Avinash Rai Khanna has been appointed chairman of the 13-member Manifesto Committee.
The committee includes Manpreet Singh Badal, Ashwani Sharma, Manoranjan Kalia, Som Parkash, Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, Ashwani Sekhri, Satnam Singh Sandhu, Raghav Chadha, Rajinder Gupta, Harbhajan Singh, Parampal Kaur and advocate H.S. Phoolka.
Former state BJP president and former MP Sunil Jakhar will head the 14-member Chargesheet Committee.
Its members are Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Vijay Sampla, Shwet Malik, Maharani Preneet Kaur, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Dinesh Babbu, Sushil Rinku, Geja Ram, Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, S.S. Channi and Jagmeet Singh Brar.
The two committees bring together senior political figures from Punjab and the national level. The Manifesto Committee will be responsible for the party’s election manifesto, while the Chargesheet Committee has been assigned a separate role in the BJP’s preparations for the assembly polls.
The appointments mark an organisational step in the party’s campaign planning ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.
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