Chandigarh, June 27 -- Several prominent leaders and local representatives from Punjab joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.

Among those who joined the BJP were Harpreet Chatha, President of the Patiala Land Mortgage Bank and Amandeep Kamboj, President of the Patiala Vegetable Market and Commission Agents Association, along with several office-bearers associated with their organisations.

The BJP also inducted a number of leaders from opposition parties, besides welcoming more than two dozen serving and former Sarpanches and Panches into the party fold.

The latest inductions come days after Chief Minister Saini appealed to the...