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Sukhbir Singh Badal

Sukhbir Singh Badal Image Source : Wikipedia
  • 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

Sukhbir Badal offers himself for arrest amid SAD workers’ protest outside Punjab Police HQ

February 05, 2026 5:55 pm

At Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav’s office, Sukhbir Singh Badal alleged that the police machinery in the state was being used for political purposes.

After rebuild, mobilisation: With Punjab rally blitz, Akalis to launch early campaign for 2027 Assembly polls

February 03, 2026 10:11 am

Buoyed by its success in the recent rural local body polls, and ahead of urban local body elections, the Akali Dal will hold state-wide rallies starting in the Malwa region, its traditional stronghold, in February

Former MP Jagmeet Brar, Punjab CM Mann's ex-OSD, SAD rebel leader Charanjit Singh Brar join BJP ahead of 2027 Assembly polls

January 16, 2026 10:41 pm

As all the new entrants hail from the Malwa belt, which accounts for 69 of 117 Assembly seats in Punjab, the defection to the BJP is viewed as the party's renewed trust in the Malwa region ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.

Doles ahead of 2027 polls | State govt jobs only for Punjabis, Rs 10 lakh interest-free loan for youths: Badal

January 16, 2026 11:19 am

Commenting on CM Bhagwant Mann's alleged “sacrilege video”, Sukhbir Singh Badal said Mann had “committed a heinous sacrilege against the Guru Sahiban and appealed to the “Maha Purakhs” to take notice of it."

SAD conference at Maghi Mela to mark beginning of AAP govt's countdown: Badal

January 06, 2026 10:40 pm

Criticises Mann over 'total collapse' of law and order in Punjab; holds meetings of party workers on preparedness of Maghi conference in Muktsar on Jan 14

‘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

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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