00:00Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan, who's attacked Akali over university polls.
00:05Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan attacks the SOI ABBP alliance in Punjab university polls.
00:11Chief Minister Maan says RSS has entered Punjab university.
00:15Akali Dal is begging BJP for alliance, is what Bhagwant Maan has to say.
00:20Now, Shiromani Akali Dal is begging for an alliance with the BJP.
00:24They are saying, give many as many seats as you want.
00:28You become bigger brother.
00:31They have done alliance in the university.
00:32RSS has come in Punjab university.
00:35The SOI is supported.
00:36Akali Dal is supported.
00:38They have nothing to do with Punjab.
00:39They just want their chair.
00:41Notably, Chief Minister Maan made these statements while addressing a rally at Mohali is what we are given to understand.
00:47In fact, over the last couple of weeks, viewers, if you take a look at the incidents that have been
00:51taking over,
00:52especially the student political arena in Punjab itself, it's been quite a heated space.
00:57We know the next year itself, the state goes into elections.
01:01So, it's almost a pitch of sorts that has been heated up already with campaigns already getting heated up at
01:09the student polls level.
01:10But then, it also sees its extension and continuation onto the political ground as well when we speak of the
01:16elections of 2027.
01:18At this given point, Aseem Bassi joins us on the broadcast with more details.
01:23Aseem, a very good morning to you.
01:25What exactly has gone down here?
01:26The allegations being raised by the Chief Minister over the polls and the new alliance that's come about?
01:36Well, Shuromani Akali Dal and BJP are not in alliance at this time in Punjab.
01:42But as far as the Punjab University elections are concerned, the SOI, the student organization of Akali Dal,
01:49they gave support to the ABVP.
01:51And in the end, the ABVP candidate won.
01:54The alliance, in a way, they won.
01:56It was in university politics.
01:57But now, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwan Singh Maan has clearly said that.
02:01He said that Shuromani Akali Dal is begging for an alliance with the BJP.
02:04And he also said that Shuromani Akali Dal's SOI, they supported ABVP and they ensured that the RSS enters the
02:14Punjab University.
02:15So he's taken a jibe at Akali Dal that they are begging for the alliance with the BJP.
02:20Although the Akali Dal BJP were in alliance in the past, but in around 2020, the alliance broke because of
02:26the farm issues.
02:27But now, again, there are speculations about the Shuromani Akali Dal BJP alliance in Punjab before the 2027 elections.
02:33Although the BJP top leadership has been consistently saying that they will not get into alliance,
02:37they will contest all 117 seats in Punjab.
02:41But Shuromani Akali Dal has repeatedly shown hints and inclinations of alliance.
02:46So, I mean, all this happening in the university also, the alliance coming up,
02:52the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwan Singh Maan has attacked the Shuromani Akali Dal on this issue.
02:57Right, Rasim. Thank you for bringing us all of those details.
