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Lok Sabha election 2024: BJP to contest all 13 seats in Punjab, no alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal

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Punjab BJP state president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday acknowledged that the get together would contest the Lok Sabha election alone and wouldn’t type alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Final week, stories stated the SAD and the BJP might type a pre-poll pact if each events attain a consensus on seat-sharing within the state.

Taking to social media platform X, previously Twitter, Sunil Jakhar stated that the choice was taken primarily based on the opinion of the individuals and get together staff within the state, maintaining in thoughts the welfare of farmers and businessmen. Notably, the elections for 13 seats in Punjab shall be held on June 1.

Whereas the BJP is dealing with protests from farmers within the state, who’ve been demanding authorized MSP for his or her agricultural produce, state president Sunil Jakhar stated that each grain was bought at MSP and the cash had reached the accounts of the farmers inside weeks.

The Punjab BJP chief added that the Kartarpur hall, for which individuals have been requesting for many years, was additionally made potential below the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to the blessings of Waheguru.

Reportedly, the Kartarpur Hall facilitates visa-free darshan of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara, which is simply throughout the border in Pakistan. In Ardas, the Sikh prayer, a prayer is made for khulle (open) darshan of the gurdwaras from which the followers of Sikhism have been separated from.

The Shiromani Akali Dal was one of many oldest allies of the BJP. Nonetheless, the SAD severed ties with the NDA in September 2020 over the now repealed farm legal guidelines that witnessed widespread protests in northern India.

Within the earlier Lok Sabha election, SAD and the BJP contested collectively, however have been unable to attain desired outcomes. The Congress bagged eight seats and the remaining 5 have been gained by the BJP (2), SAD (2) and the Aam Aadmi Occasion.



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