The state government has announced a public holiday on Thursday in honour of Badal, who will be cremated at his ancestral village Badal in Muktsar district on the same day.
Badal, who had not been keeping well for sometime, was admitted to Mohali's Fortis Hospital over a week ago after he complained of uneasiness in breathing
By Jaspreet Kaur The results of the Punjab Assembly elections this time were astonishing as well as historic. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) not only won 92 seats with a 42% vote share, it also defeated many veterans, including SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and former Congress chief minister Amarinder Singh, who has now floated […]
Chandigarh: All the Badals, led by five-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the eldest candidate at 94 in fray for the 117-member Punjab Assembly, as well as their kin, on Thursday lost to AAP’s greenhorns. The eldest Badal, who won the seat five times in a row since 1997, lost to Gurmeet Khuddian from Lambi […]
“I am who I am because of the people, especially the common farmer. Today when he has lost more than his honour, I see no point in holding on to the Padma Vibhushan honour,” the Shiromani Akali Dal leader said.