Analysis: Drugs, Not Panthik Grievances, Are Driving Punjab’s 2027 Race
Chandigarh: For decades Punjab’s politics ran on Panthik lines – Sikh identity, religious institutions, historical grievances, and the old Akali-versus-everyone axis. That frame is losing ground. The drug crisis and the everyday sense that the streets are not safe have pushed identity questions to the side. People are more worried about whether their sons will…