The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has faced a setback with the announcement that former minister and four-term MLA Sohan Thandal has joined the BJP, just weeks before the bypolls for four Punjab Assembly seats on November 13. Thandal made the transition in the presence of former Gujarat Chief Minister and Punjab BJP in charge, Vijay.
One of the most unexpected victories of the election was the triumph of jailed Khalistani separatist and Waris Punjab De Chief, Amritpal Singh, from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib constituency.
Chandigarh (Punjab) : In a major setback to Shiromani Akali Dal, the party’s candidate from Chandigarh, Hardeep Singh resigned from the party on Monday. Expressing disappointment, he remarked, “Party’s callous attitude towards me, Chandigarh and our unit left me with no option other than leaving the party.”“We were promised that the party would handle the.
Badal announced that he would not contest the Lok Sabha polls. Sukhbir Singh Badal has revealed this in response to the question asked by the journalists.