Shah meets Badals in Chandigarh; SAD says BJP permanent ally 

Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said his party remained a permanent ally of the BJP and urged other alliance partners also to stand together ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.”The SAD is a permanent ally of the BJP and the NDA,” he told reporters after BJP president Amit Shah’s meeting here with top Akali Dal leaders, including Akali patriarch Parkash Singh Badal.There is no conflict between his party and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Akali Dal chief said.He said SAD members discussed strategy for the upcoming 2019 parliamentary polls with Shah at the meeting, which was part of the BJP’s ‘sampark for samarthan’ (contact for support) exercise.Shah also called on two sports legends — hockey’s Balbir Singh Sr (94) and athlete Milkha Singh (85) — at their homes during his one-day Chandigarh visit.Sukhbir Badal said his party wanted to appeal to all NDA allies to come together for the Lok Sabha polls.”The battle is just over six months away. Whatever differences may be there, we should forget those and make one plan,” he said.

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