India, Nov. 1 -- The cadre believes that those who invested years building the party have been sidelined to make way for leaders joining from other parties.

The Aam Aadmi Party's biggest organisational challenge in Punjab ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections may not be the Opposition's campaign against the Bhagwant Mann government, but the growing disconnect between its leadership and sections of the cadre that helped bring it to power in 2022.

From complaints of long-time volunteers being sidelined to uncertainty over constituency-level leadership and public disagreements between legislators and the government, a series of developments has exposed fault lines within the ruling party. While these developments do not necessarily point to...