Chandigarh :, March 17 -- With the announcement of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has adopted a wait-and-watch approach to draw a poll strategy as it is waiting for an alliance with its former ally Bhartiya Janata party (BJP).

The SAD, which fought the 2019 general elections in alliance with the BJP as a part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), managed to win only two seats --- Ferozepur and Bathinda --- of the total 10 it contested. The BJP, which fought on three seats, won Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur.

The SAD had walked out of the NDA in September 2020, despite being the oldest BJP ally, to protest the Narendra Modi-led government's now-repealed farm laws over which scores of farm unions held year-l...