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From backrooms to seats at the table: The Delhi imprint in AAP’s Punjab government
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From backrooms to seats at the table: The Delhi imprint in AAP’s Punjab government

The Indian Express·Kanchan Vasdev·about 4 hours ago
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7 min readChandigarhOct 27, 2026 06:06 AM IST First published on: Oct 27, 2026 at 05:55 AM IST

As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government nears the completion of its first term in Punjab, it bears a striking resemblance to a past government run by it: that in Delhi.

A fresh reminder came when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided a bungalow in Sector 39, Chandigarh, occupied by senior AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain. The ED carried out a 50-hour search, from September 22 to 24, of the premises as part of its investigation into alleged irregularities in the affairs of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA).