BJP ready to contest on all seats in Punjab: Former minister
NEW DELHI: Minutes after the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) decided to quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on differences over the three ‘controversial’ farm sector Bills passed by the Parliament, senior BJP leader Madan Mohan Mittal said the party is ready to contest all the 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Assembly polls. He […]
BJP’s oldest ally SAD quits NDA over ‘black laws’
NEW DELHI: The highest decision making body of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) core committee at its emergency meeting held here on Saturday night unanimously decided to pull out of the BJP-led NDA alliance because of the Centre’s stubborn refusal to give statutory legislative guarantees to protect the assured marketing of farmers’ crops at minimum […]
SAD, INLD stitch alliance for assembly polls in Haryana
NEW DELHI: Days after severing ties with the BJP in Haryana, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday announced to contest the state assembly polls in alliance with the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD). The SAD, which is the part of the ruling NDA at the Centre, had snapped ties with the BJP in the […]
SAD to contest Haryana assembly polls
NEW DELHI: The Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday said it would also contest the forthcoming Haryana assembly polls. A decision to this effect was taken at the party’s core committee meeting, chaired by SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal here. Party’s principal spokesperson Harcharan Singh Bains said the party has decided to hold a workers’ meeting […]