Chandigarh, Oct. 23 -- Launching a scathing attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal over hints of a renewed pact with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of elections in the state, Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday questioned how the SAD leadership could compromise on the "deaths of 750 farmers" after having walked out of the NDA over the contentious three farm laws known as "black laws."

Speaking to ANI, Cheema said, "...People of Punjab know that the BJP is responsible for the deaths of 750 farmers. Akali Dal had broken their alliance with them over the black laws (farm laws). I don't know how he will forge an alliance with the BJP now."

Cheema's reaction came shortly after Sukhbir Singh Badal firm...