SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, a former Ferozepur MP, was in Delhi on Friday and met the prime minister around noon. (File Photo)Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House in New Delhi on Friday afternoon. “The meeting lasted for about 10 minutes, which started at around noon, and it was in a cordial environment,” said an SAD source. The meeting assumes political significance as both the SAD and the BJP have publicly maintained that they intend to contest the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections independently. The two parties, which were long-standing allies in Punjab, parted ways in September 2020 over the issue of the now-repealed three farm laws.