Since the easing of the lockdown, with three-term Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh as AAP in-charge in the state, the focus has been to strengthen the organisational base in Punjab, said senior party leaders. One of the ideas behind Singh’s appointment was to shed the “outsider” tag the AAP seemed to carry in the state. “The first time we fought in 2017, we became the main opposition party in the state. But in 2017, the organisation wasn’t strong. Our assessment showed that the wave for us was very strong, but the organisation couldn’t capitalise. The last mile management wasn’t there. In each vidhan sabha constituency, we have now created four blocks. So around 450 block-level committees. Then, we have circle committees, one circle has five villages, and now in the next few months, we will have a team in all thirteen thousand villages,” an AAP leader said.