India, July 19 -- Comprising Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts, Doaba has 23 seats and highest concentration of SC voters in Punjab.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab on Friday may have officially centred on inaugurating development projects, but politically it marked the BJP's clearest signal yet that it has begun preparing the ground for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, with the Doaba region emerging as the focal point of its strategy.

After inaugurating healthcare infrastructure projects at PGIMER in Chandigarh, Modi travelled to Jalandhar, where he inaugurated the redeveloped railway station under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, flagged off the Shri Sant Ravidas Express connecti...