Chandigarh: The Bharatiya Janata Party's Punjab unit on Sunday, November 15, constituted two state-level committees for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections — a State Manifesto Committee and a State Chargesheet Committee — according to a press statement issued by the party office in Chandigarh.

Source: Punjab BJP press statement via India News Calling

State president Kewal Singh Dhillon constituted both panels through letters issued under his signature, the statement said. Dhillon said a few more important committees would be announced in the coming days.

Khanna to head the 13-member manifesto committee

Former state president and former Rajya Sabha member Avinash Rai Khanna has been appointed chairman of the State Manifesto Committee. Its members are Manpreet Singh Badal, Ashwani Sharma, Manoranjan Kalia, Som Parkash, Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, Ashwani Sekhri, Satnam Singh Sandhu, Raghav Chadha, Rajinder Gupta, Harbhajan Singh, Parampal Kaur and advocate H.S. Phoolka — 13 members in all, including former ministers, former legislators, MPs and senior party office-bearers, the statement said.

The manifesto panel's membership brings Rajya Sabha members Raghav Chadha, Rajinder Gupta and Harbhajan Singh — who earlier represented the Aam Aadmi Party in the Upper House — into the BJP's 2027 platform-drafting work in Punjab, a second report of the same party communique noted.

Source: Air News

Jakhar to chair the 14-member chargesheet committee

Former state president and former MP Sunil Jakhar has been appointed chairman of the State Chargesheet Committee. Its members are Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Vijay Sampla, Shwet Malik, Maharani Preneet Kaur, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Dinesh Babbu, Sushil Rinku, Geja Ram, Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, S.S. Channi and Jagmeet Singh Brar — 14 members in all, the statement said. A chargesheet committee in election practice compiles a party's documented critique of the incumbent government's record; the BJP panel's remit, as reported, is directed at the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government.

13Members, Manifesto Committee (chair: Avinash Rai Khanna)
14Members, Chargesheet Committee (chair: Sunil Jakhar)
2027Punjab Assembly elections the panels are preparing for

The party statement described the constitution of the two committees as an important step in the BJP's preparations for the 2027 elections, bringing senior leaders' experience together for the manifesto on one side and a distinct, assigned responsibility on the chargesheet side. No reaction from the ruling AAP or the Congress to the committee announcements was reported in the sources reviewed at the time of filing.

What is solid

  • Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon constituted the State Manifesto Committee (chair Avinash Rai Khanna, 13 members) and the State Chargesheet Committee (chair Sunil Jakhar, 14 members) on November 15, per the party's own press statement, with member lists reported identically by a second outlet.
  • Dhillon said more committees would be announced in the coming days.

What is only claimed

  • What the chargesheet will contain against the Mann government, and how the manifesto will read, are not yet published — both panels have only been constituted, and no document from either committee had been released in the reports reviewed.