Chandigarh: Capt Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress announced an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party for the assembly elections.
“Met union minister amp; @BJP4India incharge for Punjab, Shri @gssjodhpur in New Delhi today to chalk out future course of action ahead of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections. We have formally announced a seat adjustment with the BJP for the 2022 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections,” former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh said in a tweet on Friday after a meeting with BJP’s Punjab election in charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Singh, citing his vast experience, gave 100 percent assurance to the BJP party to win the assembly elections in Punjab, sources said.
Earlier this month, Shekhawat had also met Amarinder Singh in Chandigarh. He had earlier said that both BJP and Punjab Lok Congress are like-minded parties and hold identical views on various issues.