Later, former chief minister and Akali stalwart Parkash Singh Badal said in 1996 when there was an alliance between SAD and BSP, it won all Lok Sabha seats. This time too, the alliance will get similar results and repeat history, asserted Badal. The former chief minister said he will perform whatever duty the party assigns him for the upcoming assembly elections. Badal said the choice before Punjabis was “straight and simple”. It's one between having a government of the Punjabis, for the Punjabis and by the Punjabis on the one hand or having “boastful puppets” remote controlled by outsiders, he said.