<p>Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said his party's relationship with the BJP is "sacred".</p>.<p>"Our relation with BJP is sacred and politically I am aligned with the BJP," the five-time CM said on the sidelines of oath-taking ceremony of Manohar Lal Khattar as Haryana CM and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) chief Dushyant Chautala as deputy CM here at Raj Bhawan.</p>.<p>The SAD had contested the 2019 Haryana Assembly polls in alliance with Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), although Badal's party was is in alliance with BJP in Punjab and a partner of NDA at the Centre.</p>.<p>SAD contested three seats and failed to open its account while its ally INLD could retain the Ellenabad seat from where Abhay Singh Chautala won.</p>.<p>With 40 seats, the BJP has emerged as the single-largest party in the Haryana Assembly polls.</p>.<p>Badal, who apparently played a crucial role in bringing together the JJP and the BJP to form a government in Haryana, said the BJP-JJP alliance is good for the state's future and his good wishes are with the two parties.</p>.<p>Commending Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the former Punjab chief minister said the PM had expanded the country's influence at the international level and the entire country is with him.</p>.<p>He said the saffron party is "in favour of communal harmony and peace" in the country.</p>.<p>Badal also said the former deputy prime minister Devi Lal, the great-grandfather of Dushyant Chautala, was his "closest friend and sympathiser".</p>.<p>"Today I am happy that Devi Lal's grandson (Dushyant) became the deputy chief minister of Haryana," he said.</p>.<p>Badal said he was attending the ceremony as he had "blood relations" with the former PM.</p>.<p>On his party's relations with the BJP in Punjab, Badal said there are "no differences" in the alliance between the SAD and the BJP.</p>.<p>He said SAD will continue to fight polls in alliance with the BJP in future.</p>
<p>Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said his party's relationship with the BJP is "sacred".</p>.<p>"Our relation with BJP is sacred and politically I am aligned with the BJP," the five-time CM said on the sidelines of oath-taking ceremony of Manohar Lal Khattar as Haryana CM and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) chief Dushyant Chautala as deputy CM here at Raj Bhawan.</p>.<p>The SAD had contested the 2019 Haryana Assembly polls in alliance with Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), although Badal's party was is in alliance with BJP in Punjab and a partner of NDA at the Centre.</p>.<p>SAD contested three seats and failed to open its account while its ally INLD could retain the Ellenabad seat from where Abhay Singh Chautala won.</p>.<p>With 40 seats, the BJP has emerged as the single-largest party in the Haryana Assembly polls.</p>.<p>Badal, who apparently played a crucial role in bringing together the JJP and the BJP to form a government in Haryana, said the BJP-JJP alliance is good for the state's future and his good wishes are with the two parties.</p>.<p>Commending Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the former Punjab chief minister said the PM had expanded the country's influence at the international level and the entire country is with him.</p>.<p>He said the saffron party is "in favour of communal harmony and peace" in the country.</p>.<p>Badal also said the former deputy prime minister Devi Lal, the great-grandfather of Dushyant Chautala, was his "closest friend and sympathiser".</p>.<p>"Today I am happy that Devi Lal's grandson (Dushyant) became the deputy chief minister of Haryana," he said.</p>.<p>Badal said he was attending the ceremony as he had "blood relations" with the former PM.</p>.<p>On his party's relations with the BJP in Punjab, Badal said there are "no differences" in the alliance between the SAD and the BJP.</p>.<p>He said SAD will continue to fight polls in alliance with the BJP in future.</p>