Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha and Harbhajan Singh, who switched from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the Bharatiya Janta Party in April, have been named to the BJP’s manifesto committee for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon announced two poll committees, appointing former Rajya Sabha MP Avinash Rai Khanna to head the manifesto panel and former MP Sunil Jakhar to lead the chargesheet committee. Both have served as Punjab BJP presidents.The 13-member manifesto panel will draft the party’s poll promises.
Besides Chadha and Harbhajan, its members include Manpreet Singh Badal, Ashwani Sharma, Manoranjan Kalia, Som Parkash, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Ashwani Sekhri, Satnam Singh Sandhu, Rajinder Gupta, Parampal Kaur and advocate HS Phoolka.The 14-member chargesheet committee will prepare the BJP’s case against the AAP government in Punjab ahead of the polls. Its members include Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Vijay Sampla, Shwait Malik, Preneet Kaur, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Dinesh Babbu, Sushil Rinku, Geja Ram, Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, SS Channy and Jagmeet Singh Brar.
Dhillon said the party would announce more committees in the coming days.- Ends