Badal may meet Shah Friday; alliance talks on the agenda

Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal. File | Photo credit: PTI

A likely meeting between SAD president Sukhbir Badal and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on November 13 is expected to seal the new alliance after SAD broke away in 2020. This will put an end to speculation during rounds of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP reuniting ahead of the 2027 Punjab assembly elections.

SAD sources said Mr. Badal is expected to leave for Delhi later in the day after the Raikot rally to meet Mr. Shah. Seat sharing and finalization of alliance for Punjab elections are expected to be on the agenda. With leaders from both parties remaining tight-lipped about the talks, sources suggest an announcement is likely to be made this month.

In August this year, Mr Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to discuss the possibility of renewing the alliance.

The SAD and the BJP had been in an alliance since the late 1990s, but controversies over the Centre’s agriculture sector laws led to the SAD – one of the BJP’s oldest alliance partners – breaking away from the NDA coalition in 2020.

Published – 12 Nov 2026 21:44 IST