India, July 5 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit), breakaway faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday launched its Chandigarh unit, signalling its electoral ambitions by announcing that it will contest the municipal corporation elections due later this year and the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat in the 2029 general elections.

Addressing a press conference here, party general secretary and Chandigarh observer Gurjeet Singh Talwandi said Chandigarh is an integral part of Punjab, both geographically and socially, and accused the Sukhbir Singh Badal-led SAD of neglecting the city and its party workers.

Talwandi alleged that the Badal faction's policies had demoralised the Akali cadre, forcing many workers either to remain inact...