Patiala, Oct. 31 -- Exuding confidence that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will come to power in Punjab after next year's assembly elections, party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said the "next SAD government" would provide power to the industrial sector at Rs.5 per unit, besides facilitating speedy clearances for the stakeholders.

Sukhbir also appealed to the trade and industry to compare the previous 10-year tenure of the SAD-led government with the last 10 years of the Congress and AAP governments, before choosing the next chief minister of Punjab.

The SAD chief also said that a new department - "Build Punjab" - would be created to provide time-bound clearances to builders and give top priority to setting up new IT and artificial...