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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Moga: The family of the teenaged girl, who was killed after being molested and thrown off a moving bus belonging to Punjab's ruling Badal family, has refused to cremate her till the administration fulfils their
Moga/New Delhi: The family of the teenaged girl, who got killed after being molested and thrown off a moving bus belonging to Punjab's ruling Badal family, has refused to cremate her pending compensation and cancellation
New Delhi: The incident of sexual harassment in Punjab's Moga district is now taking a political turn as the entire opposition is demanding strict action against the Badal family which owns the private bus company.After
Chandigarh: Punjab government is planning to rationalise collector rates in the state from April, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said here today. “The state government is preparing to rationalise the collector rates in Punjab
Amritsar: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that in a three-cornered contest accuracy of exit polls will fall and the ground-level response will be different.“We respect the opinion of various psephologists but
Ludhiana: Two days after the Enforcement Directorate transferred its main investigator probing the multi-crore drug case in Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said his government had nothing to do with the transfer of
New Delhi: Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, has blamed Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for engineering a conspiracy to defame brave Punjabis as drug addicts and alleged that the Gandhi family's hatred
Chandigarh: With ally BJP raking up the drug menace issue in a big way rankling Akali Dal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today sought to turn the tables saying BJP-ruled states were not ready
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will hold a sit-in near the international borders today to pitch for "greater vigilance along the border with Pakistan" and to stop the flow of narcotics into the stateThe
Chandigarh: Congress today accused Sukhbir Singh Badal of “giving a clean chit” to his brother-in-law and Minister Bikram Singh Majithia in the drug racket “even before the conclusion of the investigation” and said statements by
Amritsar: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said the state government will make Amritsar as one of the best cities in the world by year 2017. "The state government stands by its
Ratia (Haryana): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal today said people of Haryana were united under former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala's leadership and would ensure overwhelming majority to the Indian National Lok
Nilokheri (Haryana): SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the bond that his party shares with ally INLD was unbreakable and the same would pave the wave for prosperity in Haryana.While campaigning in Nilokheri in
Chandigarh: To ensure punctuality and discipline amongst public servants, the Punjab government will install biometric attendance devices in all public offices in the state and in Chandigarh, a spokesman said on Sunday."Punjab Deputy Chief Minister
Chandigarh: Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said he is ready to quit the post of Shiromani Akali Dal youth wing chief as he did not want to hold too many positions.“The post of the
Amritsar: Amid the controversy over the creation of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) and the stand-off between Sikh leaders in Punjab and those in Haryana, the Jathedar (chief) of the Akal Takht, Gurbachan
Chandigarh: Terming the clash in Saharanpur as “very unfortunate”, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today appealed everyone to maintain peace and communal harmony.“This politics of hatred must end. I appeal everyone to remain
Chandigarh: Faced with growing criticism over property tax, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said property tax would not be charged as per collector rates.“The state government is reviewing the issue and planning
Chandigarh: A record 73 per cent of total 1.95 crore electors today voted to elect 13 Lok Sabha MPs from Punjab where the polling was largely peaceful, barring few incidents of violence.The voter turnout was
Amritsar: Top leaders of Punjab's ruling Akali Dal-BJP alliance can breathe easy now. Having been involved in a war of words with BJP's Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu in recent times, they may not have
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