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Shiromani Akali Dal breaks ties with BJP-led NDA over farm bills


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Chandigarh, Sept 27, 2020: Shiromani Akali Dal, one of the oldest ally of the BJP on Saturday (September 26) announced to quit the ruling party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after sharp difference over three newly-passed farm bills.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal announced the move on Saturday night after attending a core committee meeting of the party. "The highest decision-making body of the Shiromani Akali Dal core committee at its emergency meeting here tonight decided unanimously to pull out of the BJP -led NDA alliance," Badal said.

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According to a party statement, the said the decision to quit the NDA was taken because of the Centre’s stubborn refusal to give statutory legislative guarantees to protect assured marketing of farmers crops on MSP and its continued insensitivity to Punjabi and Sikh issues like excluding Punjabi language as official language in Jammu and Kashmir.