SGPC, SAD, AAP, BJP, Congress and Panthic groups have adopted competing positions, using remission demands, Sikh sentiment, security concerns and protest politics to strengthen their influence across Punjab’s increasingly fragmented political landscape ahead of elections.
Beant Singh becoming the Chief Minister was a major event in the history of Punjab, because assembly elections were held in the state after 5 years of President's rule.
Responding to Channi's comment “Bittu Ji, your grandfather was a martyr, but he died when you left the Congress", Ravneet Singh Bittu, a state minister in the NDA government, responded that his grandfather didn't die for the Congress party, but for the nation.