Commandeering his first Lok Sabha election without his father, the late Akali patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, by his side or the BJP as an ally, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal is maintaining a blistering pace in Punjab. In rally after rally, he targets the ruling Aam Aadmi Party’s “jhooth da pand (sack of lies)”, reminds the audience of the Operation Bluestar ordered in the Golden Temple by a Congress government, and declares that, no matter what, one should not vote for a “polarising” BJP.