Tag: Shiromani Akali Dal

Nomination of Sukhbir, Harsimrat from Ferozepur, Bathinda

While Harsimrat was expected to be re-nominated from the Bathinda seat, Sukhbir's nomination from Ferozepur has shown the party's intent to regain the lost ground in the electoral politics.

April 24, 2019

Lok Sabha polls: Amarinder-led Congress holds edge over divided Oppn

Both the AAP and SAD are set to face further loss in their respective vote bank due to the formation of new outfits by their rebel leaders.

March 12, 2019

Punjab: SAD in troubled waters

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the SAD is facing trouble due to the ongoing probe into cases of sacrilege during the Badal regime.

February 25, 2019

SAD-BJP to break alliance before Lok Sabha polls: Brahmpura

In a sign of growing rift between the two parties, the SAD boycotted an NDA meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first day of the Budget Session.

February 1, 2019

Bhagwant Mann back as Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab Chief

In a core committee meeting of the Punjab unit of AAP on Friday, Mann's resignation was unanimously rejected and a resolution was adopted to send it to the central political affairs committee for review.

January 29, 2019

The fall and fall of Punjab AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party is not only facing the prospect of losing the tag of largest Opposition party in Punjab but it has been dealt another blow ahead of Lok Sabha polls

January 28, 2019

Khaira to form new party, won’t quit assembly seat

Khaira also sought an amendment in the anti-defection law saying it was anti-democratic that only two-third members of a party could defect and not individuals.

January 7, 2019

Rajiv Gandhi’s statute vandalized in Ludhiana; Amarinder orders strict action

Strongly condemning the vandalism, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asked SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal to stop indulging in petty politics.

December 25, 2018

Amritsar Train Tragedy: Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu gets clean-chit in magisterial report

A 300-page report of the magisterial probe into the accident stressed that Saurabh Mithu Madan, son of a Congress councillor and a close aide of the Sidhus, should have ensured the safety of people at the venue, official sources said.

December 6, 2018

Seechewal removed as PPCB member, SAD condemns the move

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday condemned the Punjab government for removing noted environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal as a member of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB).

November 30, 2018

Punjab: Infighting in Opposition, advantage Congress

The opposition Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal are mired in infighting which is a good sign for the ruling Congress ahead of the 2019 battle.

November 19, 2018

Badals turned SAD into a ‘Private Limited Company’: Navjot Singh Sidhu

The cabinet minister further asked what kind of a democracy the Badal family is practicing that all posts and power have been confined to the family with others treated like nothing.

October 30, 2018

Sukhbir Badal offers to resign if Akali Dal wants

The Akali Dal is passing through a tough political phase in recent memory following former chief minister Badal's indictment by the Ranjit Singh Commission, which looked into sacrilege cases and subsequent firing by cops on Sikh protesters in 2015.

October 29, 2018

#MeToo hits Punjab minister, SAD accuses CM of “frivolous attitude”

Confirming the complaint against the minister, Punjab CM Amarinder, who is currently in Israel on an official tour, had told a newspaper on Wednesday that the matter related to vulgar messages to a lady IAS officer has been taken very seriously and it has been resolved to the officer’s satisfaction.

October 25, 2018

SAD MP Brahmpura cites ill health to quit party posts

Earlier, senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa had resigned from all positions of the party.

October 24, 2018

Amritsar Train Tragedy: Congress questions clean chit to train driver, SAD-BJP allege cover-up

Demanding a judicial inquiry by a sitting judge of the High Court, the Akali leader said the inquiry by the commissioner, as ordered by the state government, can't bring out the justice as it is bound to save the minister in the government.

October 22, 2018

SAD seeks anti-poor Punjab FM’s ouster

In a Press statement, former finance minister and SAD leader Upinderjit Kaur said Badal has no business to fool the people of the state.

October 15, 2018