🚨Punjab 2027: The old alliance is back with a new pecking order. Seat-sharing talks between BJP and Akali Dal are in the final stretch. Formula on the table:
BJP — 60 seats
SAD — 57 seats BJP as the big brother. No CM face before results. Winner takes the top job. Public line from BJP: we fight all 117 alone. 
Backroom reality: PM is watching, announcement could come this month. The maths they are using 2024 Lok Sabha: 
BJP 18.5%, led in 23 segments 
SAD 13.4% 
Together 32% Current House (2022 baseline): 
AAP 92 | Congress 18 | SAD 3 | BJP 2 Five years after the AAP wave, the question is simple: 
Can an old partnership with flipped hierarchy stop the split in the anti-incumbency vote?