‘BJP will contest Lok Sabha elections alone in Punjab’: Vijay Rupani

The BJP in Punjab will contest the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 on its own, without forming an alliance with any other outfit, the party’s state in-charge Vijay Rupani on Thursday said.

“The BJP will contest the 2024 elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and form the government at the Centre. The party will contest the elections alone in Punjab and win all 13 seats,” Rupani said.

Rupani was in Amritsar to pay obeisance at Golden Temple along with new Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar.
Asked about the rumours of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal being inducted into the Union Cabinet and the possibility of his party and BJP coming together again, Rupani said, “I have already stated that we will contest alone.”

Questioned about the possibility of an alliance between the two parties, he said, “It is up to you to interpret my statement.”

On party’s new state unit chief, Rupani said, “Jakhar is a big leader and he is a familiar face for the state. Both he and his father have served the country and the state.

The Akali Dal had walked out of the NDA in 2020, ending its ties with the BJP following the massive protests against three central farm laws, which were later withdrawn.

Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee’s former president Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who accompanied Rupani and Jakhar, batted for BJP contesting the Lok Sabha polls on its own.