Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday addressed a Lok Milni at village Sohal in Gurdaspur district and said opposition parties should stop dreaming of discontinuing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's welfare schemes, asserting that his government would keep spending public money on public welfare. He handed over a cheque of ₹51 lakh for the development of village Sohal, according to his statement at the event.

Mann said his government had delivered free electricity, government jobs and canal water to farmers' fields, and that the state treasury would always remain open for the people of Punjab. The claims he cited at the gathering included 71,777 government jobs given, in his words, purely on merit; canal water utilisation rising, by his account, from nearly 22% before his government took office to around 85–86% now; 54 lakh families having received health cards under the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana against about 65 lakh eligible families, with around 650 private hospitals empanelled; and 882 government-school students having cleared NEET, compared with 80 in 2021, by his account. These are the Chief Minister's figures, presented by him at a government outreach programme; they were not independently verified for this report.

On politics, Mann attacked the Congress, alleging the party was preoccupied with internal differences and leadership struggles. He targeted the Shiromani Akali Dal over its proposed political understanding with the BJP, alleging that the BJP was responsible for the deaths of 750 farmers during the farm laws agitation — a figure and a charge stated by the Chief Minister, presented here as his allegation. He also alleged that the drug problem spread extensively across Punjab during the SAD-BJP government's 2007–2017 tenure, and referred to properties worth around ₹750 crore belonging to Akali leaders being linked to proceeds of drug-related activities — again, his allegation, not a finding established in this report. No response from the SAD, the BJP or the Congress to the Sohal speech was reported in the sources consulted at the time of writing.

Mann announced that his government would establish UPSC coaching centres across the state so that young people could prepare for the civil services without spending large sums or leaving their homes. Looking ahead to the 2027 Assembly elections, he claimed that the people of Punjab stand with his government and that the "Jhaadu" (AAP's broom symbol) wave would sweep the state again — his political claim, with the election outcome still to be decided by voters.

What is verified: The Lok Milni took place at village Sohal, Gurdaspur, on 15 November 2026, and the Chief Minister made the statements and the ₹51 lakh grant announcement reported above. What remains claim or allegation: All performance figures (jobs, canal water, health cards, NEET results) are the government's own numbers as stated by the Chief Minister, and all charges against the SAD, the BJP and the Congress are his allegations, which the other parties have not been recorded responding to in the sources consulted.