NEW DELHI: Union minister and BJP chief Hardeep Singh Puri mentioned on Saturday the occasion would search an equal seat-sharing settlement with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) if the 2 events kind an alliance for the upcoming Punjab meeting elections.“The sooner 22-seat components will now not work. The BJP is not going to play the position of a junior companion,” he advised reporters in Amritsar, referring to the earlier association beneath which the BJP contested 22-23 of Punjab’s 117 meeting seats, whereas the SAD contested the remaining seats.A gathering between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal in August had sparked hypothesis that the 2 former allies may renew their union. The SAD had ended its alliance with the BJP in 2020 in protest in opposition to the Centre’s contentious farm legal guidelines, which had been subsequently repealed.
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In the meantime, Puri additionally asserted that the BJP would depart “no stone unturned” to eradicate the drug menace in Punjab. He mentioned the BJP-led authorities on the Centre was engaged on a “conflict footing” to create employment alternatives for unemployed youth within the state.Taking intention on the ruling Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP), Puri claimed that Punjab had reached a “unhealthy scenario” beneath chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s authorities, alleging “misrule” within the state.“Persons are feeling insecure. The police, whose job is to guard the general public, are themselves feeling insecure,” the Union minister added.(With PTI inputs)