Gurpreet Singh Shahpur, once a Shiromani Akali Dal leader, joined the BJP in August 2021 along with four other SAD figures, but he has never made a big splash since.
गुरप्रीत सिंह शाहपुर, जो कभी शिरोमणि अकाली दल के नेता थे, अगस्त 2021 में अन्य चार अकाली नेताओं के साथ भारतीय जनता पार्टी में शामिल हुए, लेकिन तब से उन्होंने कोई बड़ी छाप नहीं छोड़ी है।
For decades, the BJP has failed to make even a symbolic dent in Patti, a constituency where it has never dared to field its own candidate, relying instead on alliances and borrowed ground strength. Yet as 2027 approaches, the party has launched development drives, new train services, ministerial tours, and RSS-linked outreach, all in a bid to charm a voter base that has never truly been its own. The real question is: can these last-minute “development optics” finally open a door for the BJP in Patti, or is the party still an outsider trying to script relevance in a region that has never accepted its footprint?
