New Delhi: The Lok Sabha elections are around the corner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shrimoni Akali Dal (SAD) reached the seat-sharing agreement. BJP president Amit Shah announced on Thursday that his party and its old ally Akali Dal will contest the Lok Sabha elections together and on the same number of seats in Punjab, as in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.
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The SAD will fight on 10 and the BJP on three seats, he said. Shah Tweeted, "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.”
BJP President made the announcement after a meeting with Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
The 2019 general assembly elections are scheduled to take place in the months of April-May.
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Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday took a dig at the BJP for going ahead with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to party workers amid tension with Pakistan. SP chief took to Twitter and wrote, "When the entire nation is standing along with the government as an Indian rising above politics, BJP is going to make a record of contact with booth-level workers. ..even the BJP supporters are ashamed of this." He further said, "The situation could be very bad but this suited-booted BJP will continue with its festivities...condemnable.”