SAD swaps 2 seats with alliance partner BSP in Punjab

Chandigarh, September 8

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday decided to swap two seats with the BSP, its alliance partner for the Punjab Assembly polls next year.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said his party had given two assembly seats, Sham Chaurasi and Kapurthala, to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and taken back Amritsar North and Sujanpur Assembly seats from it.

The Shiromani Akali Dal last month had declared its two candidates from Amritsar North and Sujanpur constituencies. At that time, Badal had said the decision was taken with the consent of the BSP.

Both Amritsar North and Sujanpur were among the 20 seats given to the BSP as part of the seat-sharing arrangement between both the alliance partners.

“SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal announced that the SAD had taken Amritsar North and Sujanpur seats back from the BSP. In their place, the BSP has been given Sham Chaurasi and Kapurthala Assembly seats,” senior SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema said on Wednesday.

According to the alliance between both the parties for the 2022 Assembly polls, the Mayawati-led BSP will fight 20 of the 117 Assembly seats in Punjab, while the rest will be contested by the SAD. PTI