SAD to contest poll in alliance with BJP

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 16

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will contest the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and negotiations for seat sharing are on at present, said SAD core committee member and in charge of Haryana Balwinder Singh Bhunder.

Talking to mediapersons here after a meeting of the SAD Haryana unit, convened to take stock of the recruitment drive in the state, Bhunder said the members were briefed about the developments on the negotiations with the BJP. Also, the party leadership took a feedback from senior Haryana SAD Leaders on the prospects of party leaders.

Bhunder expressed satisfaction over the recruitment drive. He urged the party leaders to maximise the party membership as the last day of recruitment was fast approaching.

Bhunder said that a huge congregation was being held in connection with the 550 birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev at Kurukshetra on September 7, a place visited by eight gurus. He exhorted the SAD workers to mobilise people to participate in the congregation.

Prominent among those who participated in the meeting were national vice-president of SAD Baldev Singh Kayampuri, president of the Haryana unit Sharanjit Singh Sotha and its general secretary Sukhbir S. Maandi and SAD legislator Balkor Singh.