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Akali Dal Leader Open to Alliance with BJP in Punjab
✍️ India Today
🗓 24 Oct 2026, 03:47 AM
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Parkash Singh Badal, the Akali Dal leader, has indicated willingness to form an alliance with like-minded parties, potentially including the BJP, ahead of the next Punjab assembly elections.
Parkash Singh Badal, the veteran Akali Dal leader, has signaled a potential return to the BJP fold in Punjab. Badal, speaking recently, stated his openness to forming alliances with parties sharing similar ideologies. While he didn't explicitly name the BJP, the statement has been widely interpreted as a possible indication of a renewed partnership between the two parties in Punjab. The Akali Dal and BJP previously governed Punjab together for several years before a split in 2020.