Unhappy with the party over denial of ticket, Punjab’s senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Minister Madan Mohan Mittal is holding parleys with old ally, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Notably, Mittal was seeking a party ticket for his son Arvind Mittal from Anandpur Sahib. However, the same has been allotted to Ropar district planning board former chief Dr Parminder Sharma, who unsuccessfully contested the 2017 elections to Congress candidate Rana KP Singh.
It has been learnt that a senior Akali leader met Mittal at his residence in Anandpur Sahib on Thursday night.
This is the second time BJP has refused a party ticket to Mittal, a former minister in the SAD-BJP Cabinet from 2012-17, from his desired seat — Anandpur Sahib. Notably, Arvind Mittal is a senior lawyer and a former Additional Advocate-General for Punjab.
