Shiromani Akali Dal Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal Meets PM Modi
The meeting fueled speculation that the Shiromani Akali Dal could revive its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party before Punjab votes next year.
- On Friday, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his Parliament House office, igniting speculation about a renewed alliance between the SAD and BJP ahead of the Punjab Assembly election.
- The SAD and BJP were long-time allies until 2020, when the SAD left the NDA over three contentious farm laws; both parties faced electoral struggles in the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, where the SAD won just three seats.
- In 2022, the Aam Aadmi Party swept Punjab Assembly elections, winning 92 of 117 seats, prompting analysts to suggest an alliance could help the SAD and BJP regain competitiveness against the AAP and Congress.
- Neither Badal nor the Prime Minister's Office issued statements confirming the meeting's agenda; senior party leader Daljit Cheema declined to comment, stating only that the leaders had met.
- Observers note that if an alliance follows the 1995 Moga declaration—standing for "Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiyat"—it could prioritize development as the parties aim to regain influence before the Punjab Assembly election due early next year.
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Sources in the SAD said the interaction was centred on various issues concerning Punjab, including the state's law-and-order situation and alleged corruption in welfare schemes of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
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