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Leaders Online: State President Sunil Jakhar informed today (March 26) that the BJP will fight on its own in the Lok Sabha elections in the state of Punjab. There was talk in the political circles that there would be a re-alliance between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab. ( Lok Sabha polls 2024 ) Polling for 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab will be held on June 1.
BJP to contest the Lok Sabha elections alone in Punjab.
Bharatiya Janata Party is going to fight the Lok Sabha elections alone in Punjab. pic.twitter.com/FbzfaePNj3
— Sunil Jakhar(Modi Ka Parivar) (@sunilkjakhar) March 26, 2024
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress won 8 seats out of 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab. While BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal got two seats each. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won one seat. In 2020, the alliance between Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP ended. The Shiromani Akali Dal had announced its exit from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in opposition to the central government's Agrarian Act.
The Shiromani Akali Dal has supported 'One Nation, One Election' and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Due to this, there was a discussion in the political circles of Punjab that there will be an alliance between BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal again.
