What happened
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the PM’s office in the Parliament complex. The meeting revived speculation about a potential Shiromani Akali Dal–Bharatiya Janata Party alliance ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly election.
Background and earlier position
Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party were alliance partners from the late 1990s. Shiromani Akali Dal exited the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2020 over the Centre’s agriculture laws. The available information characterises those agriculture laws as now repealed.
What changed now
The immediate change reported is a high-level meeting between Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Political observers link the meeting to a possible shift in Shiromani Akali Dal’s alliance calculations as the 2027 Punjab Assembly election approaches, in a wider context where parties opposing the NDA are seen as joining hands in protests.
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