With the Punjab Assembly elections just months away, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi, reigniting speculation about a possible electoral alliance between SAD and BJP. The alliance partners for more than two decades and jointly governed Punjab for 3 terms, from 1997 to 2002, 2007 to 2012, 2012 to 2017.