India, July 19 -- Party undertakes constituency mapping to build independent organisation before crucial Punjab Assembly elections.

Despite having just two MLAs in the 117-member Punjab Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party has launched what senior party leaders describe as its most extensive organisational exercise in the state, undertaking a lane-by-lane mapping of all Assembly constituencies as part of a long-term strategy to emerge as a formidable political force ahead of the Assembly election scheduled for March next year.

Senior BJP leaders told The Sunday Guardian that the exercise is being carried out for the first time in Punjab and reflects a fundamental shift in the party's approach towards a state where it had traditionally d...