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Prime Minister will inaugurate a series of development projects.(Img-X)
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Punjab tomorrow, expected to set the tone for February 2027 assembly polls. Prime Minister will inaugurate a series of development projects and there is Jubilant mood among the party cadres on the occasion of PMs visit.
The BJP state unit is keeping high hopes on Prime Minister visit, which is third to the poll bound state in the past five months.The BJP which is preparing to contest the high stakes election on its own plans to place development and infrastructure projects at the centre of its campaign.
With the ruling AAP government in Punjab under Bhagwant Mann is facing several hurdles, particularly on law and front; on the other Congress party is facing several factional fights within the party, BJP is looking seriously to make a dent in the border state. The Akali Dal, once BJP's oldest ally, exited the NDA in September 2020 over differences regarding the now repealed farm laws.
Tomorrow the Prime Minister is scheduled to inaugurate the redeveloped Jalandhar cantonment railway station and launch 74 other upgraded railway stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Partymen say that BJP has a plan for the development of Punjab, there is equal attention being paid to cultural and social aspects as well.
The BJP government has been vested in religious and social causes in 2019 after Modi's intervention that the Kartarpur sahib Corridor was reopened. The Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated in 2019 to facilitate visa free travel for Indian Sikh pilgrims to Gurudwara Darbar sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan. However, it was suspended following tensions between India and Pakistan after the terror attack in Pagalgam in May 2025.
Apart from development, the BJP is also expected to raise ideological issues during the campaign. Being a border state, Punjab has borne the brunt of terrorism, narcotic abuse and conversions by missionaries.
