The former chief minister, who formed a new party, is called Punjab Lok Congress After being forced to step down as the Chief Minister by the Congress, the formal announcement was made after a meeting with the Union Minister and Punjab BJP In-charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
“We are ready and we are going to win this election. The decision on seat-sharing will be taken on seat-to-seat basis, with victory being the priority. We are 101 per cent confident of winning this election,” Amarinder said. meeting.
Met Union Minister & Punjab Incharge of @BJP4India, Shri @gssjodhpur in New Delhi today to decide the future course… https://t.co/rvAzMHdH5p
— Captain Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) 1639741731000
Punjab BJP in-charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said a decision on seat sharing would be taken at an “appropriate time”.
“After 7 rounds of talks, today I confirm that BJP and Punjab Lok Congress are going to fight the upcoming battle punjab assembly elections Together. Topics like seat sharing will be discussed later.”
After parting ways with the Congress, the former chief minister had made it clear that he would join hands with the BJP for the assembly elections if the Center withdrew three agriculture laws.
The Center, in a surprise move, announced its decision to withdraw agricultural laws on the day of Gurupurab, paving the way for an alliance.
Amarinder had a tussle with Navjot Singh Sidhu for several months before leaving the Congress. Both the leaders openly leveled allegations against each other. However, the Congress high command eventually sided with Sidhu and made him the state Congress chief, ignoring Amarinder Singh’s strong opposition.
In the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections, the Congress won an absolute majority in the state by winning 77 seats and ousted the SAD-BJP government after 10 years.
The Aam Aadmi Party has emerged as the second largest party by winning 20 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) could win only 15 seats after parting ways with the BJP over agricultural laws.
BJP could win only 3 seats.
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