Chandigarh: The (*20*) Akali Dal (SAD) has fashioned an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) forward of the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections. This flip of occasions comes after SAD broke ties with BJP final 12 months over the Centre’s contentious farm payments.
Announcing the brand new alliance, Sukhbir Singh Badal stated that each the events have come collectively to work for the farmers and Dalits. He additionally stated thanked Mayawati’s BSP for coming ahead and work for the folks of Punjab.
“It’s a new day in Punjab politics.” stated Sukhbir Singh Badal, SAD President
“Out of 117 seats, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to contest on 20 seats, and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to contest the remaining 97 seats”: Sukhbir Singh Badal, SAD President
Few minutes earlier than the formal announcement SAD MLA NK Sharma stated “Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), and BSP are coming together once again and we are going to sweep the elections in Punjab.”
SAD MP Naresh Gujral reportedly held talks with Satish Mishra, All India General Secretary of the BSP, on Friday. A senior SAD chief stated they are going to announce an alliance on Saturday excessive.
“It will be the beginning of a new socio-political movement not just in Punjab but also in the country where minorities and under-privileged classes will come together on one platform,” he stated,
SAD spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema stated the social gathering’s core committee had been discussing concerning the new alliance.
“The party president Sukhbir Singh Badal is keen on a head-start for the 2022 elections due to which talks with like-minded parties were on for past few months.”
Jasvir Garhi, state president of the BSP stated the social gathering’s nationwide president Mayawati was approved to talk on the problem.
The Akali Dal and BSP are becoming a member of fingers 27 years after the 1996 Lok Sabha elections when their alliance had bagged 11 out of 13 seats in Punjab. The Mayawati-led BSP had then gained all three seats it had contested whereas the Akali Dal gained eight out of 10 seats.
