Sukhbir Singh Badal is a renowned Indian politician who has been serving the nation in this field for over a decade. 59-year-old, Badal is the president of the prominent Sikh political party, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament from Ferozepur. Badal also served as Deputy CM of Punjab from 2009 to 2017, former MP from Faridkot and also former MP of Rajya Sabha (2001 to 2004). He was a Minister of State for Industry in 2nd Vajpayee Ministry during 1998 to 1999. He became the President of Akali Dal in Jan 2008. Badal was not a Member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 2009. Then, he resigned in July upon the completion of 6-month period available for contesting elections for the assembly, during which he didn’t contest any elections. He was again appointed as Deputy CM in Aug 2009 after winning by-elections from Jalalabad Assembly Constituency. In 2017, he again contested from Jalalabad and defeated Bhagwat Singh Mann of Aam Aadmi Party. In 2019, he contested for the Lok sabha seat from Ferozepur and got elected. Sukhbir Badal was born on July 09, 1962 in Faridkot. He is the son of Parkash Singh Badal who has been a reigning CM of Punjab. His mother's name is Surinder Kaur. Sukhbir Badal has completed his education from The Lawrence School, Sanawar. He completed his higher studies (MA Hons School in Economics) from Panjab University, Chandigarh from 1980-1984 and an MBA from California State University, Los Angeles, United States. For the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls 2022, Badal's party had forged an alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party in June this year. As per the seat-sharing arrangement, the Mayawati-led BSP will fight 20 out of the 117 Assembly seats in Punjab while the rest will be contested by SAD. He however lost from Jalalabad in Punjab Assembly election 2022.
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The merger of Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has come ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, which are due in few weeks.
Sukhbir Singh Badal has appealed to all those who have left Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to return to the party to put up a united fight against enemies of the Panth and Punjab.
Urging the Centre not to go ahead with the idea of UCC, SAD Badal asked it respect the sentiments of the Sikh community before taking any decision on the issue.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had pulled out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in November 2020 over the contentious now-repealed farm laws.
A bench headed by Justice MR Shah has earlier kept its order reserved after hearing the submission of all the parties connected to the matter.
Kotkapura police firing: The court of additional district and sessions judge, Faridkot, has deferred its decision following the hearing of arguments on March 14.
Lok Sabha election 2024: Mayawati held a meeting with top SAD leaders to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha election. However, their partnership did not do well in the last election in Punjab.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief said earlier farmers had been denied the benefits of an increase in wheat prices globally with the central government banning wheat export in May.
This comes after SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said that he didn't want to speak for some time and wanted to give a free rein to the new government, but Bhagwant Mann's actions were intolerable today.
Punjab Election Result: The eldest Badal, who won the seat five times in a row since 1997, lost to Gurmeet Khuddian from Lambi by 11,357 votes, while his son and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief and Member of Parliament Sukhbir Badal faced humiliating defeat from Jalalabad, and his son-in-law Adesh Partap Singh Kairon faced defeat from Patti in Tarn Taran district from AAP's Laljit Singh Bhullar.
The FIR against the Akali Dal leader comes hours after a crossfire, where the EC had registered a complaint against AAP's Kejriwal as well.
Punjab assembly election will be held in one single phase on February 20 and results will be declared on March 10. It's going to be a multi-polar fight in the forthcoming elections between SAD-BSP, Congress, Captain Amarinder Singh's new-founded Punjab Lok Congress (PLC)-BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Sukhbir Singh Badal, while addressing a gathering in Pathankot's Sujanpur, asserted that Punjabis will not let outsiders govern them and will place their trust in the SAD, which represents the regional aspirations.
Badal alleged that the Congress governments first tried “to break our spirit through tanks and mortars”.
Sukhbir Singh Badal's remarks come amid state-owned utility PSPCL saying that up to three-hour daily power cut will remain in the state till October 13. Severe coal shortage has forced the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to cut down power generation and impose load shedding.
The Punjab Congress president criticised the Badals in a press conference held in Chandigarh.
The Shiromani Akali Dal had announced to observe September 17 as "black day" on the completion of one year of the enactment of the three laws.
The SAD president said Chandigarh was an inseparable part of Punjab and should be transferred to the parent state as soon as possible.
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday appeared before a special investigation team (SIT) probing the 2015 Kotkapura police firing incident.
The Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress workers on Tuesday clashed with each other in Jalalabad town of Punjab.
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