The Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday said it will not contest the Delhi Assembly polls next month after it was asked by its ally BJP to change its stand on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Addressing a press conference, SAD leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that during three poll-related meetings with the BJP, his party was asked to consider its stand on CAA.

"During our meeting with the BJP, we were asked to reconsider our stand on CAA but we declined to do so. Shiromani Akali Dal is of the firm stand that Muslims cannot be left out of CAA.

"We are also strongly against the National Register of Citizens (NRC)," Sirsa, who contested on a BJP ticket from Rajouri Garden seat, said.

However, sources told India Today TV that the all-weather allies SAD and BJP went their separate ways in Delhi over election symbol. The Shiromani Akali Dal leaders in Delhi contested the 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections from Hari Nagar, Kalkaji, Rajouri Garden and Shahdara using the BJP symbol. But this time the party wanted to use its own symbol. Sources said that the BJP refused to accept the demand.

BJP has already announced its candidates for 57 seats out of a total 70 in Delhi Assembly. It is expected to announce the candidates to the remaining 13 late on Monday night.

The voting in Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 is set to be held on February 8 and the counting will take place on February 11.

(With inputs from PTI)