BJP, Capt Amarinder's party, SAD (Sanyukt) hold seat talks for Punjab Assembly polls

Chandigarh, January 2

In the first meeting of leaders of three parties — Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) and Punjab Lok Congress — on Sunday decided that the first criteria for seat sharing should be winnability and organisational strength on a particular seat.

Agenda and seat division was also discussed in the meeting, which was attended by BJP state general secretary Shubhash Sharma, SAD (Sanyukt) leader Parminder Singh Dhindsa and PLC’s Raninder Singh.

Talking to The Tribune, Sharma said the broad understanding among them in the first meeting was the seat allocation to the three parties should be on the basis of winnability of the candidate and organisational strength in a particular segment.

“There was a broad agreement on both the points,” he said, adding it was the first meeting, they discussed about the roadmap, which they would follow during the 2022 Assembly elections. He said multiple meetings were lined-up during the next two weeks. — TNS

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