In a show of strength in Punjab ahead of 2019 elections, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Parkash Singh Badal's Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) held rallies in eachother's strongholds. While the Badals held a rally in Patiala, the constituency of Captain Singh, scion of the erstwhile Patiala royal family, the ruling Congress organized a rally in Muktsar, SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal's bastion.