CHANDIGARH: SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday termed Haryana’s demand for an increased share of Nangal dam water a “brazen loot” of Punjab’s resources and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in the dispute. In a letter to the prime minister, Shiromani Akali Dal president Badal said his party will not remain a mute…
CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today demanded that the population reference be frozen as per the 1971 Census and that additional Lok Sabha seats be allocated based on the national population growth rate across all states. This, they argued, would ensure that states that contributed to population control efforts are not disadvantaged.Speaking at the…
Potti Sriramulu and Jagjit Singh Dallewal (R) NEW DELHI: Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike since November 26 of last year, is not the first to resort to such an extreme form of protest. Sikh leaders in post-Independence India have a long history of undertaking prolonged fasts for various…
NEW DELHI: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working committee on Friday accepted Sukhbir Singh Badal‘s resignation as party president, according to party officials. This decision followed the directive from Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh in early December, urging SAD to implement the December 2 edict regarding Badal’s resignation.The acceptance took place during a working…
AMRITSAR: Jailed Punjab MP and hardline Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh‘s associates are poised to launch a new party aimed at offering an alternative to Shiromani Akali Dal to the people of Punjab, reports Yudhvir Rana. The formal announcement will be made at Maghi Mela in Muktsar on Jan 14.“We have convened a conference at Sri…
NEW DELHI: It was the ubiquitous ‘Sikh moderates vs radicals’ tug-of-war on display as history-sheeter and highly-radicalised pro-Khalistan terrorist Narain Singh Chaura aimed his weapon at former Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, scion of the ‘moderate’ Badal family.According to an ex-IPS officer from Punjab, the sensational assassination attempt by a terrorist who has been…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday condemned the assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal, calling it a “big conspiracy” to defame Punjab and Punjabis. He praised the Punjab Police for their vigilance in preventing a major incident and criticised the BJP government…
AMRITSAR: The five Sikh high priests pronounced Monday their punishment or tankhah for Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and former Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal and other politicians of the party, three months after he was declared tankhaiya, meaning guilty of religious misconduct.The priests, led by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh, directed Sukhbir…