Bathinda, Aug. 11 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Monday said that his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aimed at highlighting the rampant "malgovernance and the deteriorating law and order situation" in Punjab. He ducked media queries regarding the speculation that his party was realigning with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab.

Sukhbir, who was in Bathinda to address activists of the Student Organisation of India (SOI) during their dharna at Government Rajindra College, told reporters that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had "failed" on all fronts. "During my meeting with the PM, I urged the Centre to find ways to save the state. During the AAP regi...