Ten Senior BJP Leaders From Punjab Quit Party, Join SAD

In an interesting turn of political events, ten of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leaders from Punjab's Malwa region on January 15 defected to join the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). The resignation was tabled as a protest against the Centre's recently promulgated "anti-farmer" legislations. Besides, the SAD leaders said that some more BJP leaders are willing to leave their camp to join the Akali Dal in coming days.