BJP will not forge alliance with Akali Dal at any cost: Party’s Punjab unit chief

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Last Update: April 29, 2023, 21:39 IST

SAD broke ties with BJP in 2020 over the now repealed farm laws. (File photo / PTI)

Modi went to the Shiromani Akali Dal office in Chandigarh to express his grief along with the Badal family over the death of the five-time Chief Minister of Punjab.

There is no possibility of the BJP forging an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal again and it will contest all elections in Punjab on its own, party’s state unit chief Ashwini Sharma said on Saturday.

He said that the tribute given by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi And Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, who passed away on Tuesday, said the BJP leadership should not be linked to politics.

Modi went to the Shiromani Akali Dal office in Chandigarh to express his grief along with the Badal family over the death of the five-time Chief Minister of Punjab.

BJP chief JP Nadda, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, senior leader Tarun Chugh and other party functionaries visited Badal’s village in Muktsar on Thursday to pay tributes.

Sharma said in a statement on Saturday, “BJP will fight all the elections on its own and will win with a thumping majority.” And (it) will not forge an alliance with the Akali Dal at any cost.” Sharma said the article written by Modi about Badal or the prime minister and the BJP leadership visiting Punjab to pay homage to the former chief minister was not politically motivated. should be added. ,

“It was nothing but a tribute to former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal,” Sharma said in the statement.

In an article published in a section of the media, Modi paid an emotional tribute to Badal.

He said that in Badal’s death, he has lost a father figure who guided him for decades.

SAD broke ties with BJP in 2020 over the now repealed agricultural laws. It was part of the National Democratic Alliance since 1997, having formed a pre-poll alliance with the BJP ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab that year. ,

Sharma said on Saturday that the BJP is getting huge support from the villages, due to which he is both happy and surprised.

He asserted that the BJP would go it alone in the coming elections, including the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

He said that Punjabis have now understood that BJP is the only party which can make Punjab prosperous by maintaining peace and brotherhood.

Sharma said that BJP does what it says.

Criticizing the AAP government in Punjab, Sharma said every section of the society is fed up with the Bhagwant Mann-led government and would vote for the BJP to teach it a lesson.

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