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New Delhi | Jagran Politics Desk: Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh Friday officially announced his party's, Punjab Lok Congress, alliance with the BJP for the upcoming Punjab Assembly Elections, scheduled to take place early next year. Exuding confidence, Captain Amarinder Singh said that "we are ready t fight these elections together and 101 pc sure of winning them". 

"We are ready and we are going to win this election. The decision on seat sharing will be taken on the seat to seat basis, with winnability being the priority. We are 101% sure of winning this election", Captain Amarinder Singh said.

Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday called on the BJP's Punjab in-charge and Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat at his residence. After the meeting, they officially announced the alliance between the two parties.

"Today, I want to make it clear that the BJP and Amarinder Singh will contest assembly elections in Punjab together and we are working together," Shekhawat said with Singh by his side. Shekhawat said the details of seat-sharing will be announced at an "appropriate time".

On November 2, former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the Congress party and announced a new party Punjab Lok Congress ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections.

Amarinder Singh had tweeted at that time, "I have today sent my resignation to @INCIndia President Ms Sonia Gandhi ji, listing my reasons for the resignation. 'Punjab Lok Congress' is the name of the new party. The registration is pending approval with the @ECISVEEP. The party symbol will be approved later."

Singh had resigned in September as the chief minister and announced that he will be quitting the Congress after months of a rift with Congress state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. He had resigned ahead of Congress legislature party meeting which was called amid unending factional battles in the ruling Congress in the state. Singh was replaced by Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief minister of the state.

Punjab assembly polls will be held in 2022. In the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls, Congress won an absolute majority in the state by winning 77 seats and ousted the SAD-BJP government after 10 years. Aam Aadmi Party emerged as the second-largest party winning 20 seats in 117-member Punjab Legislative Assembly. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) could only manage to win 15 seats while the BJP secured 3 seats

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