Iqbal Singh Jhundan, senior-most leader of Shiromani Akali Dal, former MLA from Dhuri (2007–2012) and Amargarh (2012–2017), core committee member, and SAD’s Lok Sabha candidate from Sangrur, lost in the 2024 elections and is now part of the rebel faction. With repeated defeats and shifting loyalties, can voters really trust his leadership ahead of 2027?
Ganieve Kaur Majithia entered Punjab politics in 2022, succeeding her husband in Majitha and defeating AAP’s Sukhjinder Singh Lalli by over 26,000 votes. With her husband, Former Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, arrested in June 2025 for allegedly laundering money, can she still lead Shiromani Akali Dal into the 2027 elections, or is her political future overshadowed by his legal troubles?
गनीव कौर मजीठिया ने 2022 में पंजाब की राजनीति में प्रवेश किया, अपने पति की जगह मजीठा से चुनाव लड़ा और AAP के सुखजिंदर सिंह लाली को 26,000 से अधिक वोटों से हराया। जून 2025 में कथित मनी लॉन्ड्रिंग मामले में पूर्व मंत्री और उनके पति बिक्रम सिंह मजीठिया की गिरफ्तारी के बाद, क्या वह 2027 के चुनाव में शिरोमणि अकाली दल का नेतृत्व कर पाएंगी, या उनका राजनीतिक भविष्य उनके पति की कानूनी परेशानियों से प्रभावित होगा?
From being heir to Punjab’s oldest regional party, to presiding over its collapse, Sukhbir Singh Badal now struggles to keep SAD relevant amid defections, farmer anger, and eroding vote banks. Once seen as the “CM-in-waiting,” today even his own bastion feels shaky. In 2027, will Punjab remember him as?
