AAP claims SAD-BJP alliance 'finalised', Akalis slam misinformation
AAP on Saturday claimed that the SAD and the BJP have already «finalised» an alliance in Punjab and are waiting for a suitable time to announce it. Malvinder Singh Kang, the AAP's chief spokesperson in Punjab, claimed that former Union minister and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal initiated efforts to seal the alliance.
He also said that leaders of the two parties met in Delhi 15 days ago to discuss the terms of the coalition.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), however, rubbished the claims with senior party leader Daljit Singh Cheema slamming the AAP for spreading misinformation to «divert attention from the AAP and the Congress' unprincipled and unholy alliance».
Both the Congress and the AAP are part of the opposition INDIA bloc.
Kang claimed in a statement on Saturday, «The terms of the alliance are already decided… the BJP does not want SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and his brother-in-law Bikram Singh Majithia to contest the Lok Sabha elections.»
«People in the BJP know the obvious dislike the people of Punjab have for these two leaders,» he said.
Kang also claimed that «behind the curtain», the BJP and the SAD were «always one and never separated».
The SAD broke off its ties with the BJP over the now-repealed farm laws in 2020.
