New Delhi Dec 27 PTI Former Punjab chief minister and leader of the newly floated Punjab Lok Congress Amarinder Singh on Monday met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda hereThe BJP has announced that it will contest the Punjab assembly polls in alliance with Singhs partyThe meeting is underway at Shahs residence where all three are presentSingh has been meeting various BJP leaders to chalk out a strategy for the Punjab electionsBoth parties are expected to take various offshoots of the Akali Dal on board and forge a bigger alliance PTI JTR IJT

Chandigarh Dec 22 PTI Shiromani Akali Dal Sanyukt leader Ranjit Singh Brahmpura will rejoin the SAD on ThursdayBrahmpura is the patron of the SAD SanyuktSAD Sanyukt general secretary Karnail Singh Peermohammad on Wednesday said Brahmpura will rejoin the SAD in the presence of Akali stalwart Parkash Singh Badal on ThursdayHe added that senior vice-president of the party Ujagar Singh Wadali will also join the SADA decision in this regard was taken on Wednesday evening Peermohammad saidHe said they were against an alliance or a seat-sharing arrangement with the BJP for the 2022 Punjab Assembly pollsAt present Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa is the president of the SAD SanyuktEarlier this month Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said the BJP was in talks with former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and Dhindsa for electoral tie-upsRecently the BJP announced its alliance with Singhs party the Punjab Lok Congress for the upcoming Assembly pollsBrahmpura a former MP was expelled from the SAD in 2018 after he raised a banner of revolt against the party leadershipSubsequently he launched his own party the SAD TaksaliDhindsa also floated his party the SAD Democratic after he was expelled by the Akali Dal in 2020Brahmpura and Dhindsa joined hands and formed the SAD Sanyukt after dissolving their respective outfits this yearThe Punjab Assembly polls are due early next year PTI CHS VSD RC