Akalis, BJP build on new, secular identity

General Sources Saturday 14th April, 2012

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Both parties, hitherto identified with their strong Sikh and Hindu ideology respectively, have now successfully experimented with something more secular. The Akali Dal fielded 11 Hindu candidates in the Jan 30 elections and nine of them won. The Akali Dal had fielded candidates for 94 seats in the 117-member assembly. The BJP, which put up candidates in the remaining 23 assembly constituencies, won in 12. It had fi...

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