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Rahul’s apology for 1984 riots ‘hypocritical and meaningless’, says Sukhbir

The remarks by Gandhi were made on April 21 during an interactive session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the US

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal

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Published on May 06, 2025 09:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Don’t indulge in cheap theatrics: Sukhbir to CM

Sukhbir asked the CM and the AAP to stop engaging in “political theatrics” over the sensitive river water issue and instead come clean to Punjabis about the recent release of 4,000 cusecs of water to Haryana and the subsequent agreement to release an additional 8,500 cusecs.

He cited a written admission by Bhagwant Mann that the Punjab government had been releasing 4,000 cusecs of water for the past month, and had agreed to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s April 23 request for another 8,000 cusecs. (HT File)

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Published on May 02, 2025 07:26 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Sukhbir open to bring rebels back into Akali Dal fold

Emphasising the party’s core mission, Sukhbir asserted that the SAD is dedicated to ensuring peace and development in Punjab, unlike other parties that, he alleged, only seek to exploit the people.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal with SAD candidate Parupkar Singh Ghumman in Ludhiana on Saturday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Published on Apr 27, 2025 08:10 AM IST

ByTarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana

Ludhiana: Sukhbir meets party cadres in Samrala

Accompanied by constituency in-charge Parmjeet Singh Dhillon, Sukhbir interacted with party members and spent over an hour speaking individually to workers, listening to their concerns and reaffirming the SAD’s core mission

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal meeting party workers in Samrala on Wednesday. (HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 17, 2025 06:44 AM IST

ByTarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana

Rally at Talwandi Sabo: Gear up for 2027 comeback, Sukhbir asks Akali Dal workers

A day after being re-elected as president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Sukhbir Singh Badal gave a clarion call to party supporters to prepare for bringing the party back to power in the 2027 assembly elections

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Published on Apr 14, 2025 05:56 AM IST

ByVishal Joshi

Previous jathedars were under BJP control: Sukhbir justifies removal

Terming what happened at Akal Takht in relation to affairs of Shiromani Akali Dal as a conspiracy to finish the party, Sukhbir said it began when the party parted ways with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance

Sukhbir Singh Badal addressing party leaders and workers after being elected the Shiromani Akali Dal president at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in Amritsar on Saturday. (HT photo)

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Published on Apr 13, 2025 05:18 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Punjab: SAD pvt limited company of Badals, rivals target Sukhbir

Badal returned to the SAD helm with his unanimous election as president of the Punjab-based party. The 62-year-old former deputy chief minister was first elected party president in 2008.

Congress’ Punjab president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring alleges Sukhbir was calling the shots even when he had supposedly resigned.

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Published on Apr 13, 2025 05:12 AM IST

ByPress Trust of India, Chandigarh

Punjab: Sukhbir elected Akali Dal president for 4th time

He was first elected as the party president in 2008 and at 45, was the youngest person to occupy the post. Sukhbir, the son of late party patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, was the only candidate for the post of party president.

Sukhbir Singh Badal at the Golden Temple after being elected president of the Shiromani Akali Dal in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

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Published on Apr 13, 2025 05:02 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Punjab: Sukhbir Badal elected SAD president for the 4th time

Sukhbir had resigned from the post on November 16 last year after being declared a tankhaiya (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, for the mistakes of the party and its government from 2007 to 2017.

Sukhbir Singh Badal after being elected the SAD president during the delegate meeting of the party, held at Teja Singh Samundri Hall, the headquarters of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, at the Golden Temple complex on Saturday. (HT File)

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Updated on Apr 12, 2025 03:14 PM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

SAD polls: Sukbhir likely to take over reins of party again

As many as 567 delegates, four each from 117 assembly constituencies in Punjab will cast their vote during the session.

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Published on Apr 12, 2025 07:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Amritsar/chandigarh

Punjab: Akali Dal delegate session on April 12 to elect new president

The turmoil within SAD, which was already battling diminishing electoral returns post the 2015 sacrilege incidents, deepened when Sukhbir Singh Badal, who had been declared ‘tankhaya’ (guilty of religious misconduct), resigned from the president post on November 16.

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Daljit Singh Cheema addressing mediapersons.

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Published on Apr 09, 2025 09:42 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

Ludhiana: SAD begins process to elect new district chief ahead of bypoll

The bypoll ticket will be announced only after the new president is elected; former MLA Ranjit Singh Dhillon said that while SAD is prepared for the bypoll, electing a new president remains the immediate priority

Shiromani Akali Dal workers during the meeting at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Model Town in Ludhiana on Saturday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Published on Apr 06, 2025 06:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

HC notice to Punjab on Sukhbir’s plea for CBI probe into bid on life

Shiromani Akali Dal leader says Punjab Police inquiry into attack by former militant Narain Singh Chaura on him outside Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 4 last year was “biased and marred by ulterior motives”. Chaura was recently granted bail.

Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal (in photo) had a narrow escape as the attacker, Narain Singh Chaura, a former militant, was overpowered by policemen in plainclothes at the Golden Temple entrance on December 4 last year. (HT file photo)

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Published on Apr 04, 2025 02:22 PM IST

BySurender Sharma

Amid membership row, cracks widen as SAD announces organisational polls from April 2

Rebel camp terms it defiance of Akal Takht directive; says elections cannot be held before completion of membership drive

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) parliamentary board on Saturday decided to hold organisational polls of the party from April 2, and in first phase, district and state delegates will be elected by April 6.

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Published on Mar 30, 2025 07:28 AM IST

ByVishal Rambani

Probe report against Giani Harpreet flawed, baseless: PHRO

Giani Harpreet Singh was sacked by the SGPC executive on February 10, nearly nine weeks after pronouncement of December 2 Akal Takht ‘hukamnama’ (Sikh decree)

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Published on Mar 27, 2025 07:58 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Accused in SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal firing case granted bail

The Shiromani Akali Dal leader survived the attempt on his life on December 4 last year as accused Narain Singh Chaura was overpowered by policemen.

The 68-year-old Narain Singh Chaura is allegedly a former militant. (Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times)

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Published on Mar 26, 2025 11:23 AM IST

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Over 40 SGPC members back resolution against removal of jathedars

At least 42 members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) General House, including that of Sukhbir Singh Badal camp, have backed a resolution against the “unceremonious” removal of takht jathedars

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Published on Mar 26, 2025 09:48 AM IST

BySurjit Singh

Sukhbir shooter Chaura gets bail, to walk out of Ropar jail tomorrow

Chaura had opened fire at Sukhbir from close range when the SAD leader was undergoing tankhah (religious punishment) awarded by Akal Takht for the mistakes committed by his party and its government from 2007-17

Chaura’s bail bond would be furnished on Wednesday after which he would be released. (HT File)

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Updated on Mar 25, 2025 05:25 PM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Punjab: Jagir Kaur questions Dhami’s return to SGPC

Bibi Jagir Kaur said that Harjinder Singh Dhami should clarify his stand on what actions he would take against those, who were “creating hurdles” in implementing the orders issued by the Akal Takht on December 2 last year against the Shiromani Akali Dal

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Published on Mar 22, 2025 07:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar

Rift in Akali Dal over removal of jathedars

Majithia opposes the move of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Akali Dal accuses him of backstabbing Sukhbir; Bhundar retracts statement

Bikram Singh Majithia and other leaders expressed their dissent regarding the SGPC action. (Sourced)

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Published on Mar 09, 2025 08:18 AM IST

ByVishal Rambani, Chandigarh:

SGPC removes Giani Raghbir Singh as Akal Takht jathedar

Former SGPC member Baba Tek Singh Dhanuala, who was the Barnala district president of the SAD, has been appointed as jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib

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Published on Mar 08, 2025 07:32 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Akal Takht panel to kickstart SAD membership drive from March 18

After failing to get support from the Sukhbir Singh Badal faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Akal Takht-constituted panel on Tuesday announced to start the party’s membership drive from March 18 after holding ‘ardas’ before the highest Sikh temporal seat

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Published on Mar 05, 2025 08:28 AM IST

BySurjit Singh

Clarify stance on Sajjan Kumar’s conviction: Sukhbir to Cong

Former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday welcomed the sentencing of Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots

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Published on Feb 26, 2025 07:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

If SAD keeps targeting, won’t hesitate to join politics: Giani Harpreet

Targeting the Akal Takht constituted a seven-member committee led by SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami, Giani Harpreet Singh said: “The committee should initiate a parallel membership drive.

Giani Harpreet Singh was sacked as Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar on February 10. (HT File)

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Published on Feb 15, 2025 09:30 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Sukbhir assassination bid: Police submit challan against Narain Singh Chaura

Former militant Narain Singh Chaura had fired at the former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president from close range when the latter was undergoing tankhah (religious punishment) outside the Golden Temple on December 4 for the mistakes committed by his party when it was in power in Punjab from 2007 and 2017.

Punjab police said that former militant Narain Singh Chaura (pictured) was carrying the pistol with an intention to kill Sukhbir Singh Badal. (HT File)

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Published on Feb 15, 2025 09:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Amritsar

Budget puts agrarian economy in peril: Sukhbir

Sukhbir said the agricultural economy had been put in peril by ignoring all the demands of farmers, including providing a legal guarantee on MSP and farm loan waivers.

Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal today said it was unfortunate that the Union Budget did not go in for inclusive development of the nation and concentrated on poll-bound states. (HT File)

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Published on Feb 02, 2025 05:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Sikh clergy to take up allegations of SAD defying religious decree on January 28

Panthic issues, including rebel leaders’ allegations against Shiromani Akali Dal, would be taken up at the meeting that Giani Harpreet Singh would not be attending.

On December 2, the Sikh clergy, led by the Akal Takht jathedar, had pronounced ‘tankhah (religious punishment)’ on SAD leaders, including former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, for mistakes committed by the party and its government from 2007-17. (Sameer Sehgal/HT file)

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Published on Jan 23, 2025 02:38 PM IST

BySurjit Singh

Act against SAD for ‘ignoring’ Dec 2 edict, SGPC urges Akal Takht

Led by SGPC executive committee members Jaswant Singh Purain and Paramjit Singh Raipur, the gurdwara body members visited the Akal Takht secretariat to meet jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh. However, due to his absence, they handed over a memorandum to his personal secretary Jaspal Singh.

A group of SGPC members on Wednesday approached the Akal Takht seeking action against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders for “not complying” with the December 2 decree of the highest Sikh temporal seat in totality. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 23, 2025 06:00 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Sukhbir gets first membership as SAD launches drive

SAD’s working president Bhundar inaugurated the drive by handing over membership copies to Maheshinder Singh Grewal and Suchha Singh Langah. The membership drive started across the state.

The Shiromani Akali Dal initiated its new membership drive from Muktsar on Monday with senior leader Sukhbir Singh Badal receiving the first membership slip at Badal village. He received the slip from a local leader. (HT)

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Updated on Jan 21, 2025 06:18 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

{7-member panel} Derecognition of party: SAD leaders ‘misleading’ community, says rebel group after meeting jathedar

The seven-member Akal Takht panel was constituted by the highest Sikh temporal seat on December 2 to supervise the recruitment drive and hold elections of the president and other office-bearers in six months.

Rebel Akali leaders on Thursday met Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh here and alleged that the leaders of the Sukhbir Singh Badal camp had made a false statement that he (Giani Raghbir Singh) was convinced by their viewpoint that the implementation of the seven-member Akal Takht panel will lead the party into a legal trouble and the jathedar allowed them to act as per the party constitution. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

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Published on Jan 16, 2025 10:32 PM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

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The remarks by Gandhi were made on April 21 during an interactive session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the US

Sukhbir asked the CM and the AAP to stop engaging in “political theatrics” over the sensitive river water issue and instead come clean to Punjabis about the recent release of 4,000 cusecs of water to Haryana and the subsequent agreement to release an additional 8,500 cusecs.

Emphasising the party’s core mission, Sukhbir asserted that the SAD is dedicated to ensuring peace and development in Punjab, unlike other parties that, he alleged, only seek to exploit the people.

Accompanied by constituency in-charge Parmjeet Singh Dhillon, Sukhbir interacted with party members and spent over an hour speaking individually to workers, listening to their concerns and reaffirming the SAD’s core mission

A day after being re-elected as president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Sukhbir Singh Badal gave a clarion call to party supporters to prepare for bringing the party back to power in the 2027 assembly elections

Terming what happened at Akal Takht in relation to affairs of Shiromani Akali Dal as a conspiracy to finish the party, Sukhbir said it began when the party parted ways with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance

Badal returned to the SAD helm with his unanimous election as president of the Punjab-based party. The 62-year-old former deputy chief minister was first elected party president in 2008.

He was first elected as the party president in 2008 and at 45, was the youngest person to occupy the post. Sukhbir, the son of late party patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, was the only candidate for the post of party president.

Sukhbir had resigned from the post on November 16 last year after being declared a tankhaiya (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, for the mistakes of the party and its government from 2007 to 2017.

As many as 567 delegates, four each from 117 assembly constituencies in Punjab will cast their vote during the session.

The turmoil within SAD, which was already battling diminishing electoral returns post the 2015 sacrilege incidents, deepened when Sukhbir Singh Badal, who had been declared ‘tankhaya’ (guilty of religious misconduct), resigned from the president post on November 16.

The bypoll ticket will be announced only after the new president is elected; former MLA Ranjit Singh Dhillon said that while SAD is prepared for the bypoll, electing a new president remains the immediate priority

Shiromani Akali Dal leader says Punjab Police inquiry into attack by former militant Narain Singh Chaura on him outside Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 4 last year was “biased and marred by ulterior motives”. Chaura was recently granted bail.

Rebel camp terms it defiance of Akal Takht directive; says elections cannot be held before completion of membership drive

Giani Harpreet Singh was sacked by the SGPC executive on February 10, nearly nine weeks after pronouncement of December 2 Akal Takht ‘hukamnama’ (Sikh decree)

The Shiromani Akali Dal leader survived the attempt on his life on December 4 last year as accused Narain Singh Chaura was overpowered by policemen.

At least 42 members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) General House, including that of Sukhbir Singh Badal camp, have backed a resolution against the “unceremonious” removal of takht jathedars

Chaura had opened fire at Sukhbir from close range when the SAD leader was undergoing tankhah (religious punishment) awarded by Akal Takht for the mistakes committed by his party and its government from 2007-17

Bibi Jagir Kaur said that Harjinder Singh Dhami should clarify his stand on what actions he would take against those, who were “creating hurdles” in implementing the orders issued by the Akal Takht on December 2 last year against the Shiromani Akali Dal

Majithia opposes the move of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Akali Dal accuses him of backstabbing Sukhbir; Bhundar retracts statement

Former SGPC member Baba Tek Singh Dhanuala, who was the Barnala district president of the SAD, has been appointed as jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib

After failing to get support from the Sukhbir Singh Badal faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Akal Takht-constituted panel on Tuesday announced to start the party’s membership drive from March 18 after holding ‘ardas’ before the highest Sikh temporal seat

Former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday welcomed the sentencing of Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots

Targeting the Akal Takht constituted a seven-member committee led by SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami, Giani Harpreet Singh said: “The committee should initiate a parallel membership drive.

Sukhbir said the agricultural economy had been put in peril by ignoring all the demands of farmers, including providing a legal guarantee on MSP and farm loan waivers.

Panthic issues, including rebel leaders’ allegations against Shiromani Akali Dal, would be taken up at the meeting that Giani Harpreet Singh would not be attending.

Led by SGPC executive committee members Jaswant Singh Purain and Paramjit Singh Raipur, the gurdwara body members visited the Akal Takht secretariat to meet jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh. However, due to his absence, they handed over a memorandum to his personal secretary Jaspal Singh.

SAD’s working president Bhundar inaugurated the drive by handing over membership copies to Maheshinder Singh Grewal and Suchha Singh Langah. The membership drive started across the state.

The seven-member Akal Takht panel was constituted by the highest Sikh temporal seat on December 2 to supervise the recruitment drive and hold elections of the president and other office-bearers in six months.

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