Addressing gatherings in the Mansa district, as part of SAD’s ongoing Punjab Bachao Yatra, Sukhbir said that while the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has dragged the state into a financial mess, the Congress had a history of being anti-Sikhs.
Even when the alliance talks with SAD were on, there was already churning in the BJP, especially among the old guards, who were of the opinion that the party stood to gain not much from an alliance with the Akalis, whom they think has lost the support of its traditional voters — Jat-Sikhs and peasantry.
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said that the despite announcement of no alliance Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP will continue to collaborate behind closed doors
With possibilities of a tie-up between the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) laid to rest, the latter sees it a chance to resurrect its core strength --- the ‘panth’ and farmers