The Majithia Dynasty have always been staunch supporters of the Indian National Congress (INC) till Operation Blue Star in 1984, which was when they switched to the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)- a party which was headed and controlled by the Badal Dynasty for most of its existence.
The Royal Patiala Dynasty have been known to switch from one party to the other based on circumstances, their long friendship with the INC temporarily ended with Operation Blue Star which was when they shifted to the United Akali Dal led by the Mann Dynasty and then in 1998 once again joined the INC.
The Mann Dynasty was affiliated with the SAD for most of their history till Operation Blue Star when they created their own party named the United Akali Dal, then in 1994 they formed the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) which the only remaining political party that supports the sovereign state of Khalistan.
The only times that none of these families did not have control have been with Zail Singh, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and Bhagwant Mann.
The current ones include the Bajwas of Gurdaspur, Talwandis of Lyallpur, Bittus of Ludhiana and Jakhars of Fazilka who have had a list of less successful politicians.