SAD, a former ally of BJP, will support Draupadi Murmu in the presidential election

Former BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday said it will support NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu in the presidential election. The party took the decision a day after BJP president JP Nadda approached SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal for Murmu’s support. The SAD had snapped ties with the BJP over the now withdrawn agricultural laws.

Addressing the media here, Badal said, “We have unanimously decided to support Draupadi Murmu for the presidency.” Citing issues of agricultural laws and release of Sikh prisoners, Badal said his party had “many differences with the BJP”, but the SAD always worked for the poor and weaker sections of the society.

“The issue is about a woman belonging to a poor family and she is getting a chance to become the President,” he said. “Keeping our political differences aside, we have decided to take the right path. The history of the SAD says that it always fought for the poor, minorities and weaker section. After deliberating for almost three hours, we (the core committee) in the meeting) unanimously decided that we will support Murmuji.”

The SAD chief said that Nadda had called Murmu on Thursday to seek his support. He said Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, also called him for his party’s support. SAD broke ties with the NDA in 2020 over the issue of three agricultural laws, which were later repealed. Harsimrat Kaur Badal had also resigned from the post of Union Minister regarding the same issue.

SAD president Badal is MP from Ferozepur while his wife Harsimrat is MP from Bathinda parliamentary seat. The SAD has three members in the state assembly.

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