Punjab Democratic Alliance was formed by Punjab Ekta Party leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira to contest

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

on all 13

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...

seats. PDA was part of the nationwide Mahagathbandhan, and projected

Mayawati Kumari Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social cha ...

as its prime ministerial face.

Campaign

On 12 May 2019, BSP-PDA held a massive rally at Langroya village,

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and BSP national president

campaigned for all 13 PDA candidates of Punjab including Sukhpal Singh Khaira and Simarjit Singh Bains alongside BSP candidates former journalist Balwinder Kumar from

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, retired IAS officer Khushi Ram from

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and international polo player Vikram Singh Sodhi from

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. Mayawati attacked SAD-BJP and Congress in her speech for failing people of Punjab. Communist leaders Mangat Ram Pasla from the Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI), Bant Brar from the CPI and Kiranjit Singh Sekhon from the MCPI (U) were also speakers at rally.

Members

Following were the members of alliance: *Former members ** Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali). On 2 March 2019 SAD(T) formed coalition with AAP. ** Bahujan Samaj Party one of the Prominent member of PDA announced its alliance with

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Akali Party'') is a centre-right sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are man ...

on 12 June 2021. **After BSP another setback to PDA when Punjab Ekta Party meged with

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on 17 June 2021.

Lok Sabha election 2019

Initially Amritsar seat was given to Lok Insaaf Party but later decided to give it to CPI. Alliance announced to contest on all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.

Dissolution

References

{{reflist Defunct political party alliances in India 2019 Indian general election Politics of Punjab, India