Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance on cards ahead of Lok Sabha elections?

With eyes on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been seeking allies nationwide to continue its regime for the third time. Sources said the saffron party is in talks for an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), a state party in Punjab. The SAD had called it quits with the BJP at the time of the farmers' protest. The BJP repealed the farm laws later but it paid a heavy price in the Punjab Assembly polls. It also lost its two-decade-old alliance partner. Keeping in view the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP seems to have realised the importance of a strong partner in Punjab. The recent hints dropped by the BJP clarify the saffron party's intentions and the call for a possible alliance.