Chandigarh, April 6 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has planned to send delegations comprising young leaders to different countries to touch base and muster support from the non-resident Punjabis living in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, keeping in view the state polls scheduled in early 2027. SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal will address the rallies through video-conferencing and speak about the party's future plans and vision if it forms the government next year.

The events in big cities overseas will begin in the last week of April in Canada and Australia followed by other nations, which have a sizeable Punjabi population. This is the second time that the SAD has planned such an exercise. In 2015, party leaders had...