No Alliance With BJP In Punjab: Akali Dal Chief After Farm Laws Cancelled
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Last year, the Akali Dal had pulled out its lone minister - Harsimrat Kaur Badal - from the ruling NDA amid differences over the farm laws.
The government's U-Turn on three contentious farm laws after 17 months of protests was followed by a "told-you-so" jibe from several rivals, including the BJP's former ally from Punjab - the Shiromani Akali Dal. Last year, the Akali Dal had pulled out its lone minister - Harsimrat Kaur Badal - from the ruling NDA amid differences over the farm laws. Today, Sukhbir Singh Badal emphatically dismissed the possibility of a tie-up in Punjab, where the party is eyeing a return to power as he stressed, "I had warned PM Modi about the black laws." #WATCH | Punjab: Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal denies possibilities of allying with BJP after the repeal of three #FarmLawspic.twitter.com/qclGIEyNq9
Reacting to the cancellation of the farm laws, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biggest policy reversals yet, the Akali Dal chief told reporters: "700 lives have been lost (at the farmers' protests)... the country saw the martyrdom of these people. I had told the Prime Minister... that the farmers won't agree to the black laws that were framed by the government."
"What we had said has turned out to be true," he is heard saying in a video shared by news agency ANI, reminding how the BJP's oldest ally snapped ties with the ruling coalition last year.
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