HARSIMRAT BADAL

'Focus on farmer grievances...': SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal urges new government

Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday demanded that the new government at the Centre should focus on addressing the grievances of the farmers and fulfil the promises made to them previously. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who was the Food Processing Industries Minister (2014-2020) in Prime Minister Modi's government said that no one should be allowed to label Punjabis as "atankwadi" (terrorist).

Veteran Sikh faces missing from Punjab election scene

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, who was a dominating face of Punjab politics in the state for the last two decades, is missing from the poll scene this season. Owing to his ill health, Singh has been keeping away. But family members of SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, who passed away last year, and Amarinder Singh - Badal's daughter in-law Harsimrat Kaur and Amarinder Singh's wife Perneet Kaur are contesting elections.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Harsimrat Badal fighting to save family borough Bathinda

Ajayab Singh stands outside his home in Malkana village, about 50 kilometres from Bathinda city, under the blazing sun, getting the boundary wall of his home raised. He points to the open drain running next to the wall and says it overflows during monsoon, and raising the boundary wall would at least prevent the sewer water from coming inside the home.

In Punjab, the rookie who routed Badal now dares daughter-in-law

The Bathinda Lok Sabha battle involves AAP's Khudian challenging SAD's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, with implications for SAD's revival post-farm laws. Khudian's face-off with Harsimrat at Bathinda comes when her husband Sukhbir Badal is trying to revive the mass base of his party. Many believe SAD can't be written off and will spring back to prominence as people grow weary with the AAP government and anti-incumbency starts kicking in.

Spotlight on jailed Amritpal Singh & Sidhana as both enter electoral fray from Punjab

Separatist leader Simranjit Singh Mann's SAD (Amritsar) has announced support to both Sidhana and Amritpal Singh. Mann, current MP from Sangrur, is contesting from the same seat. Sangrur is the home district of Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann.

Punjab: SAD's Harsimrat Kaur Badal slams CM Mann on Tarn Taran case 'Aise CM Ko Chullu Bhar Paani…'

Harsimrat Badal flags absence of opposition when House discussing bills on criminal jurisprudence

Shiroman Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday raised questions on absence of Opposition. She referred to the youth of Punjab getting emotional and taking steps during the militancy period in the state, and said the two men who jumped inside the Lok Sabha chamber on December 13 raised the issue of their unemployment, Manipur and farmers.

Anandpur Sahib Resolution not interpreted as 'separatist document' in NCERT textbooks: MoE

The Union Ministry of Education, in response to a question in the Lok Sabha, rejected the characterization of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution as a "separatist document" in NCERT's Political Science textbooks. Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi clarified that the NCERT textbook for Class 12, titled 'Politics of India Since Independence,' does not interpret the Anandpur Sahib Resolution as separatist and has not labeled it as a demand for a separate Sikh state.

Amid India-Canada row, SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal voices support for Shubh, calls him 'son of Punjab and India'

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal expressed support for rapper Shubh, whose India tour was cancelled due to worsening Indo-Canadian relations. Badal stated that Shubh, being a proud son of Punjab and India, should not have to prove his patriotism. The cancellation came after accusations of Shubh's support for the Khalistan cause. Ticket-booking app BookMyShow faced backlash for hosting the singer, as he was labeled a Khalistani sympathizer. Shubh expressed disappointment over the cancellation, as he had been eagerly preparing for his performance in India.

AAP claims SAD-BJP alliance 'finalised', Akalis slam misinformation

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has claimed that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have already reached an alliance in Punjab, although the SAD has denied the allegations. The AAP spokesperson in Punjab, Malvinder Singh Kang, stated that the terms of the alliance have already been decided, with the BJP not wanting SAD leaders Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bikram Singh Majithia to contest the Lok Sabha elections.

'Punjab's powers outsourced to Delhi': Harsimrat Badal accuses AAP of hypocrisy over GNCTD bill

Harsimrat Badal demands special assembly session, says Punjab flood 'Bhagwant made, not Bhagwan made'

She visited villages in the Budhladha and the Sardulgarh constituencies and various wards in Sardulgarh town. Launching an attack on Mann, the Bathinda MP said, "Hundreds of villages and thousands of acres of land with crops are under water while you are flying in the heavens far away from the beleaguered (people) whose only sin is that they entrusted their destiny in your hands."

Lok Sabha adjourned for the day amid uproar over Rahul's democracy remarks

As the proceedings started in the morning, members of the treasury benches had raised the issue of Gandhi's remarks. Opposition members, including those from the Congress, also shouted slogans demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into alleged stock manipulation by the Adani Group.

'Punjab CM 'drinking and driving' entire state': Harsimrat Kaur Badal's jibe at Bhagwant Mann in LS

SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal calls Centre’s MSP committee a 'sheer fraud', demands reconstitution

Punjab: Bikram Majithia's life at risk in jail, alleges Harsimrat Badal

SAD-BSP alliance will clean sweep Punjab elections 2022: Sukhbir Singh Badal in Lambi

Either drugs will remain in Punjab or the SAD: Harsimrat Badal

"We will target the sellers. I promise you they will feel the heat. I am committed to removing the scourge of drugs from Punjab and will do my utmost to achieve this end", she said while addressing a public gathering in favour of party Bathinda Rural candidate Parkash Singh Bhatti.

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, SAD's Harsimrat Badal meet families of farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri

Sidhu consoled the family members of Lovepreet Singh, one of the four farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on Sunday. Later, he said, "What has happened is a barbaric crime. Entire India is asking for justice. Loss of human lives can never be compensated."

SAD delegation demands MoS Home Ajay Mishra be sacked in Lakhimpur violence case

SAD delegation headed by Harsimrat Kaur demands that MoS Home Ajay Mishra should be sacked and arrested for his involvement in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. Kaur also said measures should be taken to check such violence while demanding the arrest of the accused.

SAD takes out protest march against farm laws in Delhi; Sukhbir, Harsimrat, others detained

Farmers are protesting against the three agri reforms — Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.

Punjab CM slams Harsimrat Badal, says she has no moral right to speak on farmers' crisis

Ridiculing the former union minister's remarks that he was speaking the language of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership and the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister said that left to the ruling party at the Centre and in neighbouring Haryana, the farmers would not have even reached the Delhi borders to make their voice heard.

Watch: Verbal spat between Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Ravneet Bittu over Centre's three farm Laws