Overview
- Sunil Jakhar formally wrote to Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Thursday asking that the Election Commission be asked to enforce the Model Code of Conduct immediately to ensure impartial administration before the February 2027 assembly polls.
- Jakhar pointed to the Abohar administration's October 27 refusal to permit an annual anti‑drug marathon and to a separate October 27 confrontation in Mansa over the body of a man named Daljit as evidence the state faces serious public‑order problems.
- The Punjab BJP says it will take the matter to the Election Commission and to courts and will seek orders to bar AAP national leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia from entering Punjab.
- The party has made wide‑ranging charges including claims of parole abuses, paid escapes, grenade attacks and a collapse of police morale but those allegations rely mainly on BJP statements and local reports and have not been independently verified.
- With elections due in February, the dispute could prompt institutional review by the Election Commission or courts, suspend normal campaign rules sooner than usual, and heighten legal and political friction that affects voters and families already reporting harm from drugs and violence.