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 P M, 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.

PTI