SAD backs women’s quota, delimitation bills after Badal-PM Modi meet fuels buzz

NEW
DELHI:

Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
o
Satu day
backed
the
immediate
impleme tatio
of
the
Co stitutio
Ame dme t
Bill,
p ovidi g
fo
wome ‘s
ese vatio ,
alo g
with
“fai
a d
equitable”
delimitatio ,
a
day
afte
pa ty
p eside t

Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
met
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi.I
a
post
o
X,
Badal
said
the
pa ty
d aws
i spi atio
f om
the
Sikh
Gu us,
who
champio ed
the
dig ity,
equality
a d
equal
ights
of
wome .”The
Shi oma i
Akali
Dal,
at
a
meeti g
of
its
se io
leade s
i
Cha diga h
today,
dema ded
the
immediate
impleme tatio
of
the
Wome ‘s
Rese vatio
Bill
i
the
cou t y.
The
Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
d aws
i spi atio
f om
the
teachi gs
of
the
Sikh
Gu us,
who
champio ed
the
dig ity,
equality
a d
equal
ights
of
wome .
The
Shi oma i
Gu dwa a
Pa ba dhak
Committee
has
al eady
set
a
example
by
p ovidi g
fo
wome ‘s
ese vatio
i
its
House,”
Badal
said.”Afte
detailed
delibe atio s
o
key
issues
befo e
Pa liame t,
the
Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
also
dema ded
a
fai
a d
equitable
delimitatio
that
e su es
equal
ep ese tatio
to
all
states.
The
Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
suppo ted
the
p oposal
put
fo wa d
by
the
Gove me t
of
I dia
o
the
floo
of
the
House
fo
a
u ifo m
50
pe ce t
i c ease
i
the
umbe
of
seats
fo
all
states.

The
pa ty
emphasised
that
wome ‘s
ese vatio
a d
delimitatio
should
be
impleme ted
immediately,”
he
added.The
developme t
comes
amid
speculatio
that
Badal’s
meeti g
with
PM
Modi
could
pave
the
way
fo
the
e stwhile
allies
to
joi
ha ds
agai
ahead
of
the

Pu jab
assembly
electio s
due
ea ly
ext
yea .The
Akali
Dal
left
the
BJP-led
Natio al
Democ atic
Allia ce
i
2020
ove
diffe e ces
su ou di g
the
Ce t e’s
th ee
fa m
laws,
which
we e
epealed
i
2021.O ce
Pu jab’s
domi a t
political
combi e,
the
BJP
a d
SAD
have
spe t
the
past
seve al
yea s
o
the
ma gi s
of
state
politics,
watchi g
thei
t aditio al
suppo t
base
e ode
as
the
Kej iwal-led
Aam
Aadmi
Pa ty
eme ged
as
the
state’s
p i cipal
political
fo ce.Eve
afte
the
Na e d a
Modi
gove me t
epealed
the
laws
i
2021,
ties
betwee
the
fo me
allies
emai ed
st ai ed.I
the
2022
Pu jab
assembly
electio s,
vote s
ejected
both
the
Co g ess
a d
the
fo me
allies,
delive i g
a
sweepi g
ma date
to
the
Aam
Aadmi
Pa ty.Whe
asked
about
the
possibility
of
the
two
pa ties
stitchi g
a
allia ce
agai ,
the
state
BJP
chief
said
he
could
ot
say
a ythi g
about
it.Se io
SAD
leade
a d
pa ty
spokespe so
Daljit
Si gh
Cheema,
whe
asked
about
what
t a spi ed
at
the
meeti g,
told
PTI,
“I
ca
o ly
say
that
the
two
leade s
have
met.”

Se io
pa ty
leade
Sika da
Si gh
Maluka
told
PTI
that
the
cu e t
situatio
i
Pu jab
dema ds
a
SAD-BJP
allia ce.
He,
howeve ,
cla ified
that
it
was
his
pe so al
opi io
a d
ot
that
of
the
pa ty.”If
a
allia ce
is
to
be
stitched,
what
will
be
the
co ditio s?
A y
decisio
o
this
will
be
take
afte
due
delibe atio s
i
the
pa ty,”
Maluka
said,
addi g,
“The
se time t
of
people
is
that
SAD
a d
BJP
should
fo m
a
allia ce.
This
is
ot
the
pa ty’s
opi io
but
my
ow .”

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