Chandigarh, Dec. 23 -- With almost a year left for the Punjab assembly polls scheduled for early 2027, the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to be grappling with internal discord and uncertainty over leadership at the helm.

One of the major reasons cited for the prevailing confusion is the absence of a Punjab BJP affairs in-charge, someone who can act as a link between the state unit and the BJP central leadership, understands the state's dynamics, and can manage to join the bickering factions, one led by old guards and the others who have joined the party in recent years.

Following the death of senior BJP leader and then Punjab affairs in-charge Vijay Rupani in an Air India plane crash on June 12, the party is yet ...