Killi Chahlan (Moga), March 15 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will go it alone in the 2027 Punjab assembly elections as he kicked off the party's campaign in the state with a scathing attack on the Bhagwant Mann government over issues of law and order, drug menace, religious conversion and corruption. Addressing the "Badlaav" (change) rally at Killi Chahlan in Punjab's Moga district, Shah asserted that the BJP is done playing the "Chhota Bhai" (younger brother) in the state and launched a high-decibel campaign from the politically vital Malwa belt, promising a double-engine government to rescue Punjab from drugs and debt. Moga accounts for 69 of the 117 assembly seats in the state. "Whenever we came before you in the past, we were the junior partner. But from today, the BJP begins its campaign to form its own government in Punjab. You have tried the Congress, the Akalis, and AAP; now give us a chance," he said. The statement came amid speculation over a patch-up with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Shah further discussed his party's 2024 Lok Sabha performance - where the party secured a 19% vote share in Punjab despite winning no seat - as a springboard for his 2027 claim. Shah said the BJP would bring the anti-conversion bill if voted to power. "Our Sikh Gurus made supreme sacrifice against forced conversions. Yet, the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party treat those behind these conversions as a vote bank," he said. He added: "Give BJP the mandate in 2027, and we will bring an anti-conversion Bill within a month of taking office." Launching a scathing attack on the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government, the home minister accused the chief minister of neglecting the state to serve his party boss (Arvind Kejriwal). "The CM is merely working as a pilot. His only job is to fly (AAP national convener) Arvind Kejriwal across the country on Punjab's state-funded aircraft," Shah said, alleging that the state exchequer has become an "ATM" for the AAP's national expansion. On the state's sensitive drug problem, Shah cited reports that 45% of heroin smuggling in the country is linked to Punjab. "I assure you, within two years of forming a BJP government, we will wipe out this business entirely," he said, drawing parallels to the Centre's crackdown on Naxalism and the abrogation of Article 370. For over two decades, the BJP operated as a junior ally to SAD in Punjab....