Punjab BJP Rules Out Alliance With Akali Dal, Says Will Fight Polls Alone
NDTV
The Punjab unit of BJP said the tribute paid by PM Modi to Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal should not be linked to politics.
There is no possibility of the BJP entering into an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal again and it will contest all elections in Punjab on its own, the party's state unit chief Ashwani Sharma said on Saturday.
He added that the tribute paid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP leadership to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, who died on Tuesday, should not be linked to politics.
PM Modi visited the SAD office in Chandigarh to express grief with the Badal family following the death of the five-time former Punjab chief minister.
BJP chief JP Nadda, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, senior leader Tarun Chugh and other party functionalities visited Mr Badal's village in Muktsar to pay homage to him on Thursday.
