The BJP’s militaristic pitch — post-air strikes on Pakistan and the Pulwama terror attack — are in sharp contrast with its ally, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)’s promotion of a scheduled meeting between Pakistani and Indian delegations at the Attari border on Thursday to conclude talks over the opening of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor. In an interview to BusinessLine , SAD MP and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal talked about various issues — explained that development and not national security is the NDA’s election plank, whether she herself will shift from her home constituency of Bhatinda to Ferozepur and why Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s only agenda is to split the Akalis and play “politics of vendetta”. Excerpts
