Aiming to woo various sections ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party has revived boards for the welfare of different castes, besides constituting new ones for goldsmiths, Arora Khatris and Sufi Sant Samaj.Most of these boards were constituted by the Shiromani Akali Dal- BJP government in the last leg of their 2012-17 tenure. However, the boards remained dormant after the alliance lost the state elections.A notification for the revival of the boards was issued by the Department of Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities last week. The communities that have got a board include Kamboj, Bazigar and Tapriwas, Brahmin, Dalit, Rai Sikh, Rajput, Vimuktjati, Prajapat Samaj, Saini, Ramgarhia, Aggarwal, Gujjar, Bairagi, Muslim, Pravasi, Kanojia and Masih.The AAP government had already started the process to appoint members and chairpersons for these boards, said sources. Each boards will comprise a full-time chairperson and part-time senior vice-chairperson, vice-chairperson and 10 non-official members. All will have a two-year tenure.The boards will have to identify issues of the community they represent and suggest remedial measures to the government. They will also act as a link between the community and the government for planning and implementing socio-economic and educational policies for the welfare of their respective castes.The government planned to adjust 273 community leaders in these boards, said sources. Though these boards would not have a statutory status, they would surely help AAP penetrate deeper into each community in the run-up to the elections, said a party insider.Sources said only the chairperson and the senior vice-chairperson would get a monthly stipend of up to Rs 25,000 while other members would get reimbursement for each board sitting, the meetings for which they would have to reach Chandigarh or Mohali.Meanwhile, the AAP government today appointed nine chairpersons, four vice-chairpersons and a senior vice-chairperson for nine prominent boards and corporations.