Archive · 29 Aug 2026
BJP Plans Punjab Yatras Targeting Drugs, Law And Order
The Bharatiya Janata Party plans to hold public marches in Punjab next month.
The marches will focus on drugs and law and order.
They are expected to last 15 days and begin around the middle of September.
Four marches are being considered across Punjab’s Malwa, Majha and Doaba regions.
Some may begin at Takht Damdama Sahib or Khatkar Kalan.
Senior leaders from the party may join the events.
Amit Shah may attend the final event.
The party is also holding meetings to prepare its local teams.
It plans to contest all 117 seats in the Punjab Assembly election.
The Bharatiya Janata Party plans 15-day yatras in Punjab from around mid-September, focusing on drug-related concerns and law and order.
Two yatras are planned in the Malwa region, with one each in Majha and Doaba.
Possible starting points include Takht Damdama Sahib in Bathinda and Khatkar Kalan in Nawanshahr.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to attend the concluding event, according to party sources.
The party plans to contest all 117 Punjab Assembly seats and is strengthening its organisation ahead of the polls.
- Who
- The Bharatiya Janata Party, its Punjab leaders and central leaders, including Amit Shah, are involved.
- What
- The party plans 15-day yatras focused on the drug menace and law and order, alongside organisational meetings.
- When
- The yatras are expected to begin around mid-September; Satish Poonia’s organisational tour is scheduled for August 31 to September 2.
- Where
- The yatras will cover Punjab’s Malwa, Majha and Doaba regions, with possible starting points at Bathinda and Khatkar Kalan.
- Why
- The party wants to build its election campaign around drugs and what it describes as deteriorating law and order, while strengthening its organisation.
- Planned duration
- 15 days
- Expected start
- Around mid-September
- Regions involved
- Malwa, Majha and Doaba
- Punjab Assembly seats
- 117
- Malwa seats
- 69
- Likely concluding-event attendee
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah
- Punjab party in-charge
- Satish Poonia