Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- Union minister of state Ravneet Bittu on Monday said that the BJP is geared up to contest all 117 assembly seats in the 2027 Punjab polls, ruling out any alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

Bittu, who was speaking at a press conference after former SAD leader Jagdeep Singh Cheema joined the saffron party, said, "We are preparing for all the 117 assembly seats."

Cheema was inducted into the party fold in the presence of Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, Bittu, and Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma here.

Bittu alleged that the Akali Dal betrayed the BJP on the issue of farmers and gave wrong feedback to the party high command about the ground realities of resentment among cultivators with regard to now n...