Amritsar: After having failed to negotiate a mutually acceptable accord and form an alliance with BSP, the newly-constituted SAD (Samyukat), a joint platform of dissident Akali factions SAD (D) led by Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and SAD (T) led by Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, is now exploring the possibility of an alliance with AAP, for which feelers have been sent.
After the meeting, general secretary, SAD (S) Karnail Singh Peermohammad said, “For now, the party leadership has decided that SAD (S) well-wishers who are keen that the party enter into an alliance with AAP before the 2022 assembly elections will explore possibilities of a political partnership with the party at their own level but not at the party level.” However, sources said that SAD (S) did not get a desirable response from AAP.
When asked why SAD (S) couldn’t forge an alliance with BSP, Peermohammd said there were “certain issues” on which they refused to compromise.
He did not elaborate on the said issues.
Sources said that in the past, SAD (S) president Dhindsa and other senior leaders of the party held several rounds of meetings with BSP’s Rajya Sabha member Satish Sharma and state president Jasbir Singh Garhi.
SAD (S) patron Ranjit Singh Brahampura said they would want to have an alliance with AAP to form a strong front in Punjab ahead of the assembly elections.
However, he said that the BSP leadership had put forth several conditions which were not acceptable to them.
“Our aim is to give clean governance to people of Punjab and a strong alternative for political parties including Congress, SAD(B) and BJP,” he said.
Meanwhile, Peermohammad said the party would announce its remaining organisational structure on Monday.