Archive · 7 Oct 2026
SAD Seeks Voter Feedback for Punjab Election Manifesto
The Shiromani Akali Dal is visiting people in Punjab to ask what they want in its next election plan.
The campaign began in Doda village on October 6.
People talked about drugs, jobs and help for families.
Party leader Sukhbir Singh Badal said a future SAD government would make fighting drugs a top priority.
He also announced plans for food support, more government jobs and higher pensions.
The party says it wants public suggestions to help shape its manifesto before the 2027 election.
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal launched the party’s door-to-door Punjab Bachao campaign on October 6.
The campaign began in Doda village, Gidderbaha, as the party prepares for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.
SAD says it wants to build a public manifesto using voter suggestions and has called for manifestos to have legal status.
Villagers raised drugs, unemployment and welfare benefits; Badal said tackling drugs would be a top priority for a future SAD government.
Badal announced proposed benefits including subsidised food, 300,000 government jobs within a year, and higher pensions.
- Who
- Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and villagers taking part in the campaign.
- What
- SAD launched a door-to-door campaign to gather voter suggestions for its election manifesto.
- When
- October 6; ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.
- Where
- Doda village in Gidderbaha, Punjab.
- Why
- SAD says it wants to prepare a public manifesto based on voters’ suggestions and reconnect with voters.
- Campaign
- Punjab Bachao (Save Punjab), a door-to-door outreach campaign
- Launch date
- October 6
- Launch location
- Doda village, Gidderbaha
- Election
- 2027 Punjab Assembly elections
- Issues raised
- Drugs, unemployment and welfare schemes
- Proposed jobs
- Fill 3 lakh vacant government posts within a year
- Proposed pension
- Increase old-age pension to Rs 3,100 per month