Chandigarh, May 10 -- Aiming to revive the party's presence in the state ahead of the 2027 assembly polls, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has announced that it will go solo in the upcoming elections to 102 municipal councils and nine municipal corporations in Punjab. Punjab BSP president Avtar Singh Karimpuri said the party had decided to field candidates independently on the party symbol. The BSP has already launched its statewide "Punjab Sambhalo Muhim" from Ludhiana on May 3 and plans to hold rallies in all 117 assembly constituencies as part of its preparations for the 2027 elections. In the 2021 civic body elections, the BSP had managed to win only five wards out of 1,817 in municipal councils and nagar panchayats despite fielding 160 candidates across the state. The elections, held for 2,302 wards across eight municipal corporations and over 100 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, were largely dominated by the Congress. The party's lone MLA in the 117-member Punjab assembly, Nachhatar Pal, said the BSP was working to rebuild its cadre from the grassroots level. "We are reaching out to booth-level workers. Talks regarding an alliance are going on, but party chief Mayawati will take the final call," he said....