The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has called a meeting of all SGPC members here on January 21 to discuss discrepancies in voters lists of SGPC as there were reports that a large number of non-Sikhs and fake voters have been registered in these lists.
Senior Akali leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Wednesday, cautioned the Union Government against going ahead with the reported decision to re-designate the post of “Advisor to Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator” as the “Chief Secretary, UT Chandigarh”.
Senior Akali leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Monday, recommended a President’s Police Medal for Assistant Sub Inspectors of the Punjab Police, Jasbir Singh and Hira Singh for their “act of exceptional and exemplary courage and selfless devotion to duty ” on the precincts of Shri Harmandar Sahib, Amritsar, on December 4 when an assassination attempt was made on his life.
Sarabjeeet Singh Jhinjer, president of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD), on Thursday strongly condemned the attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday patted the Punjab Police for foiling a deep rooted conspiracy to defame Punjab by vigilantly preventing an attack on Akali leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at Amritsar.
Punjab can’t afford another dark era of terror, says former Chief Minister of the state.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when a gunman tried to shoot him inside the Golden Temple premises in Punjab's Amritsar.
The shooter targeted the former Punjab deputy chief minister while performing "seva" at the shrine as part of a religious punishment pronounced by the Shri Akal Takht Sahib.
The Committee, while expressing its complete confidence in the leadership of S Sukhbir Singh Badal, said he should continue to steer the party as its president.
In a significant political development, Sukhbir Singh Badal has stepped down as the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), marking the end of his nearly 15-year long tenure at the helm of Punjab’s oldest regional political party.
