Akali Dal, BJP to fight Punjab Lok Sabha polls together: Amit Shah

SAD will contest on 10 seats and the BJP on three seats in Punjab

February 28, 2019 03:48 pm | Updated 03:50 pm IST - New Delhi

BJP president Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah announced on Thursday that his party and its old ally the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will fight the Lok Sabha poll together and contest on the same number of seats in Punjab as in the 2014 general elections.

The SAD will fight on 10 and the BJP on three seats, he said.

“SAD-BJP alliance with fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections together. Their seats will remain the same as they were in 2014. SAD will contest on 10 seats and the BJP on three,” Mr. Shah tweeted.

He made the announcement after a meeting with SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal.

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