As a junior partner with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) till 2020, the BJP was never given more than 23 constituencies (out of 117) and that too urban seats since 1995 when it also failed to have any tall Sikh leaders.
With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announcing Lok Sabha MP Bhagwant Mann as its chief ministerial face, the electoral battle lines are now clearly demarcated in the Punjab Assembly election.