Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led SAD (Sanyukt) was the only party from Punjab invited by BJP for NDA's mega meet in Delhi to deliberate on 2024 Lok Sabha polls
On queries of journalists in Chandigarh, Badal said, "we have an alliance with BSP. So this question does not arise." He said the party had a routine meeting and discussions were related to increase in VAT and water-related issues. BJP s Punjab in-charge Vijay Rupani too indirectly denied the alliance during his visit to Amritsar. He said BJP would contest all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and win them.
SAD leaders gathered in numbers on Wednesday to pay their last respects to the five-time CM of Punjab, whose body was first taken to the Akali headquarters in Sector 28, Chandigarh, on Wednesday before being ferried to Badal village in Punjab's Sri Muktsar Sahib.