The BJP hasn’t won Gurdaspur even once without the power of stardom. The party had strong reasons to field a parachute candidate, Sunny Deol, from Gurdaspur in 2019 polls, as its experiment with fielding local leaders was never successful.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest Punjab s Lok Sabha elections independently, breaking ties with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), confirmed BJP state president Sunil Jakhar. The decision, influenced by public and party sentiments, follows SAD s split from BJP in 2021 due to the controversial farm laws, with polling scheduled for June 1