Chandigarh, March 14 -- Punjab Congress has set its sights on a major political comeback, drawing up a detailed strategy to strengthen its organizational grip and counter the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 2027 Assembly elections. In a high-stakes meeting of the state's Political Affairs Committee (PAC) in New Delhi on Thursday, party leaders resolved to launch a grassroots outreach campaign, end factionalism, and capitalize on AAP's internal turmoil to regain lost ground.

The Congress leadership, under the newly-appointed Punjab affairs' in-charge and Chhattisgarh's former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, has decided that 2025 will be dedicated entirely to rebuilding the party at the block and booth levels. A special team of leaders wi...