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Sukhbir Singh Badal

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  • Born 09 July 1962
  • Age 62
  • Birth Place Faridkot, Punjab, India
  • Profession Politician
  • Political Party Shiromani Akali Dal
  • In Office Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 23 May 2019 - 4 June 2024, Deputy Chief Minister Of Punjab 10 August 2009 - 11 March 2017, Union Minister Of State For Industry 19 March 1998 - 12 October 1999, Member Of Punjab Legislative Assembly August 2009 - May 2019
  • Residence Chandigarh

Sukhbir Singh Badal BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 08 Feb 2025
Sukhbir Singh Badal, a name synonymous with power and controversy in Punjab, has dominated the state's political landscape for decades. The former member of Parliament from the Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency is the president of Siromani Akali Dal (SAD). Born in 1962, Badal inherited political li...

Sukhbir Singh Badal PERSONAL LIFE

Father Parkash Singh Badal
Spouse Harsimrat Kaur Badal

POSITIONS HELD BY Sukhbir Singh Badal

Position Tenure
Member of Rajya Sabha N/A
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly N/A
Member of the 11th Lok Sabha N/A
Member of the 12th Lok Sabha N/A
Member of the 17th Lok Sabha N/A
Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab (India) 21 January 2009 - 1 July 2009
Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab (India) 10 August 2009 - 14 March 2012
Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab (India) 14 March 2012 - 16 March 2017
Member of the 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly 12 March 2017 - 22 May 2019
Member of the 14th Punjab Legislative Assembly 19 March 2012 - 11 March 2017

SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL NEWS

‘Sikh community responded with remarkable restraint’: Punjab leader Badal writes to Jaishankar after Nagar Kirtan disrupted in New Zealand

December 22, 2025 7:43 am

The former Punjab deputy CM also said that such encounters threaten “religious freedom and the spirit of universal brotherhood.”

SAD actually stood 2nd in Punjab rural elections, has a better overall strike rate than Cong: Sukhbir Badal

December 19, 2025 8:07 pm

The SAD president said the most number of nominations of SAD candidates were rejected in the recent elections because the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government feared the SAD the most.

2017 defamation case: District court cancels Sukhbir Badal’s bail, issues non-bailable warrant

December 18, 2025 12:11 am

The order was passed by the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rahul Garg while hearing a complaint filed in 2017 by Rajinder Pal Singh of Mohali, spokesperson of the religious organisation Akhand Kirtani Jatha.

In 2 days, Sukhbir distributes Rs 20 lakh, over 60,000 litres of diesel

September 06, 2025 9:37 pm

Earlier, after receiving a video appeal from residents of Balachaur constituency, Badal said that Akali workers dispatched 1,000 litres of diesel, tractors, and earthmovers to strengthen Sutlej embankments at Auliapur and Dhangar.

Badal demands Rs 1-lakh per acre compensation for kinnow growers in visit to flood-hit villages

August 24, 2025 1:10 am

He also asked why the Chief Minister had not released any interim relief for the flood victims as promised by him prior to the 2022 assembly elections

Punjab Land Pooling Policy: 'Pass resolutions that you will not part with your land', Sukhbir Badal tells panchayats

July 22, 2025 9:57 pm

He claimed that the AAP government proposed to acquire 40,000 acres of land under the archaic State Land Acquisition Act, 1995 instead of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.

Kejriwal responsible for increased extortion and targeted killings in Punjab: SAD chief

July 11, 2025 9:12 pm

Says won't allow even one inch of land to be acquired

Sukhbir Badal, senior Akali leaders detained ahead of Majithia’s court appearance

July 02, 2025 2:08 pm

While Akalis claimed it to be a spiritual visit, the Punjab Police cited a security threat at the Mohali court complex, where senior party leader Bikram Singh Majithia is scheduled to be produced.

A strong regional party is a necessity not just for panth, but nation: At Sukhdev Dhindsa's prayer meet, Jakhar urges Akali factions to unite

June 09, 2025 11:06 am

Echoing his views, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal also said that Dhindsa also wanted to see a "united Akali Dal for the sake of Punjab and its people."

Why does Rahul Gandhi reward killers of Sikhs with plum posts in Congress: SAD chief Sukhbir Badal

May 06, 2025 9:47 am

Rahul had held a question-and-answer session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs of Bro Affairs of Brown University, US, on April 21.

SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL VIDEOS

No failure on part of local police: Punjab Deputy CM on Pathankot attack

January 08, 2016 4:54 pm

New Delhi, Jan 08 (ANI): After meeting Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said there was no failure on part of the local police in the recent Pathankot terror attack, and asked people to stop critisising the national forces. Talking about the ongoing investigation, Badal said both the state government and National investigating agency (NIA) are investigating every aspect and soon the culprit will be punished. Badal said there is a need to increase BSF deployment in Punjab along the border with Pakistan.

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