SAD, BJP gearing up for next assembly polls

Chandigarh: Just a year before the high-octane Assembly elections scheduled to be held in Punjab, allies Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party are holding meetings to prepare for the polls. SAD president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal held sessions with the party district heads to assess the ground situation while the senior leadership of the saffron party held separate meetings with the district elections in-charge to re-elect its organisational structure. The meetings come at a time when the BJP is not shy of going solo in Punjab and has been giving indications in the direction. BJP youth wing chief and MP Anurag Thakur recently stated at a rally that the alliance would be reviewed after the Bihar polls.