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In yet another major embarrassment for the Congress, former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has struck an alliance with the BJP for the upcoming assembly polls in 2022. The alliance is likely to be joined by other parties such as the Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) led by former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.
The deal was struck when Singh called on the BJP’s Punjab in-charge and Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat at his residence in New Delhi.
This was the second meeting between the two leaders after they met in Chandigarh earlier this month. After the meeting the leaders announced the alliance.
“Today, I want to make it clear that the BJP and Amarinder Singh will contest assembly elections in Punjab together and we are working together,” Shekhawat told the media, with Singh by his side.
Shekhawat said the details of seat-sharing will be announced at an ‘appropriate time’.
Singh said, “The alliance will definitely, 101 per cent, win the elections. And winnability will be the main criterion in finalising seats.”
Soon after Singh left Shekhawat’s residence, former Union minister and SAD (Democratic) president Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa came to meet the BJP’s Punjab in-charge.
It may be recalled due to the ugly spat with PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, Capt Amarinder Singh formed his own party Punjab Lok Congress days after he resigned as the chief minister and quit the Congress.
