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Nistula Hebbar

Punjab Assembly polls | NDA firms up alliance, BJP senior partner for first time

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, Punjab Lok Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh and others during a meeting ahead of Punjab polls 2022, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (Source: PTI)

The NDA on Monday announced its seat sharing arrangement for the Punjab Assembly polls, with the BJP to fight on 65 seats, the Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab Loktantrik Congress on 37 seats and the Akali Dal (Sanyukt) led by Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa fighting on 15 seats. Punjab Assembly has a total of 117 seats.

Making the announcement, and flanked by allies Mr Singh and Mr Dhindsa along with Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Shekhawat who is party in charge for the Punjab polls, BJP president J P Nadda said that the seat sharing could be adjusted for a seat or two this way or that, but that largely this would be the broader contour of seat sharing between the parties.

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