Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday demanded an immediate resignation of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stating that the latter had lost all moral authority to continue in the chair after participating in the special Vidhan Sabha session proceedings in an inebriated state.
A senior official’s death has triggered a political storm in Punjab, leading to a minister’s resignation and a government-ordered probe into the allegations surrounding the case.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today appealed to Punjabis to beware of agencies that might introduce a new entrant into the electoral fray in Punjab and even support the new political outfit, in the same manner as certain individuals were propped up during the 2024 parliamentary elections to weaken the SAD ahead of the 2027 Assembly polls.
Sukhbir Singh Badal, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), said on Monday that the party was committed to correcting the historical injustices inflicted on Punjab by parties in Delhi that had denied the state its own capital, excluded Punjabi-speaking areas while reconstituting the state on a linguistic basis, and diverted half of its river waters to Rajasthan.
Addressing a massive gathering in Qadian, he outlined his vision for the state, promising welfare measures for farmers, construction of pucca bundhs on rivers, stronger social welfare schemes, interest-free loans for youth, government jobs exclusively for Punjabis, and an end to gangsterism and the drug mafia.
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sardar Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday termed the appointment of a non-Sikh as administrator of the sacred Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib at Nanded (Maharashtra) as “part of a dangerous ideological assault on the separate Sikh identity".
'Some healing touch to the wounds of Sikh community', says SAD.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Friday demanded immediate registration of a criminal case against former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi for allegedly duping four ex-servicemen from the Scheduled Caste community and two others of Rs 45 lakh on the pretext of inducting them into the Punjab Police.
Opposition slams AAP's Punjab government for the decision.
Akali Dal seeks withdrawal of PU decision to drop Punjabi as compulsory subject for graduation.
