BJP would look to step up the momentum in Punjab where the SAD-BJP alliance was trounced by the Congress in the 2017 Assembly elections after having ruled for ten years. In fact, the alliance finished third, behind even AAP.
The Congress has four Lok Sabha members while the SAD also has four. The BJP has only one Lok Sabha member from Punjab.
A leading daily quoted Punjab BJP president Shwait Malik credited PM Modi for doing the most for Punjab as the PM. He cited the opening of Kartapur Corridor, bringing the perpetrators of anti-Sikh riots of 1984 to justice and exemption of GST from langar items to Modi government.