Chandigarh, June 5 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin will undertake a three-day visit to Punjab from June 19, marking his first official trip to the state after taking charge of the party's top organisational post. The visit comes at a politically significant juncture as the BJP seeks to strengthen its presence in Punjab ahead of the 2027 assembly elections. According to party functionaries, Nabin will arrive in Amritsar on June 19 and begin his visit by paying obeisance at the Golden Temple. He is also scheduled to visit the Durgiana Temple before participating in party-related engagements. The following day, Nabin will travel to Ludhiana, where he is expected to hold a series of meetings with senior party leaders, office-bearers and members of the BJP's core committee. The discussions are likely to focus on organisational strengthening, electoral preparedness and the party's road map for the next assembly elections. Party leaders said the national president is expected to seek direct feedback from grassroots workers and state leaders on the BJP's expansion plans, booth-level management, voter outreach programmes and key political issues likely to dominate the electoral landscape in the coming months. The visit assumes added importance as it comes shortly after the appointment of Kewal Singh Dhillon as the new Punjab BJP president. Dhillon became the first leader from the influential Jat Sikh community to head the party's Punjab unit. The move is widely seen as part of the BJP's strategy to broaden its social base and improve its outreach among Sikh voters and rural constituencies. Political observers believe the twin developments - the appointment of Dhillon and Nabin's Punjab visit - reflect the BJP leadership's renewed focus on a state where the party has historically struggled to emerge as a dominant standalone force. For decades, the BJP remained largely confined to urban pockets of Punjab and relied heavily on its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to gain access to rural and Sikh voters. The alliance, which lasted nearly three decades, ended in September 2020 after the SAD severed ties with the saffron party over the Centre's contentious farm laws, which were later repealed. The breakup forced the BJP to contest the 2022 Punjab assembly elections independently. The results were disappointing for both former allies. The SAD was reduced to just three seats in the 117-member House, recording its worst-ever electoral performance, while the BJP managed to win only two seats and secured a vote share of 6.6%. The party also faced challenges in the recent municipal elections. Of the 1,977 wards contested across 102 municipal bodies, the BJP won only 172 wards....