Newly-elected SAD MLAs to meet on Mar 8

Chandigarh: With the SAD-BJP alliance
storming back to power in Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal chief
Sukhbir Singh Badal has called a meeting of newly-elected
legislators on March eight which will be followed by a meeting
of the core committee of the party.
A joint meeting of the two allies, which notched up a
historic win in the state assembly election, will also be held
on the same day.

The newly-elected SAD MLAs will meet at 10 AM here,
party spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said.
This will be followed by the party's core committee
meeting at 6 PM, he said.
The joint meeting of the two allies will also be held
before the SAD's core committee meeting, Cheema said
Bucking the anti-incumbency trend, the SAD-BJP combine
notched up a tally of 68 seats in the 117-member House.