Over a year after being expelled from SAD in May 2024 for “anti-party” activities,

Adesh Partap Singh Kairon who is Sukhbir Badal’s brother-in-law has joined Giani Harpreet Singh’s rebel faction and been made Gurdaspur observer.

In Punjab’s fractured Akali Dal, what does this move signal?

A) Even close ties can’t contain power plays.

B) Kairon is turning internal chaos into opportunity.

C) SAD’s infighting is now its defining feature.