Punjab: BJP-Akali Dal alignment and the 'Punar Surjit' hiccup

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI) union Home Minister Amit Shah has targeted BJP's Punjab rivals Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over their allegations of "vote chori" and discrepancies in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Speaking last week at an event in Delhi, the senior BJP leader also asserted that the "NDA would form the next government in Punjab"-a statement that was read as a clear signal that estranged partners BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are ready for a patch-up. The SAD had quit the NDA in September 2020 over the Centre's farm…