Chandigarh, April 8 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Wednesday appealed to Punjabis to unite in support of farmers whose wheat crop has been damaged over 1.25 lakh acres due to unseasonal rain and hailstorms.Badal, who held a meeting with the party’s ‘halka’ in-charges and district presidents, said a detailed plan had been charted to start distribution of wheat as well as dry and green fodder to affected farmers after April 20.“We are creating nodal points for …
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Chandigarh, April 7 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said the party would chart out a programme to help distressed farmers whose standing crop had been damaged across 1.25 lakh acres as they had been completely abandoned by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab. Addressing a rally in Budhlada town as part of the party’s Punjab Bachao campaign, the SAD President said, “We are making a programme to provide wheat as well as green and dry fodder to aff…
Patiala, April 5 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Sunday announced Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his OSDs would be held accountable for alleged misdeeds after the 2027 assembly elections. Addressing a Punjab Bachao rally here, Badal said “these corrupt persons think they can run abroad to Canada and Australia and other countries where they have stashed their illegal wealth. I want to tell them. They will all be held to account. They will be brought back to …
Chandigarh, Feb 26 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday rejected the reconstituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab to probe the 328 unaccounted ‘swaroops’ of the Guru Granth Sahib, while claiming a new team had been formed solely because the old SIT refused to follow illegal orders to implicate party chief Sukhbir Badal in the case.Reacting to the development, senior leaders Maheshinder Singh Grewal and Parambans Singh Romana,…
Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) Sounding the bugle for the first phase of the election campaign for the 2027 Assembly polls, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday promised to ensure welfare of farmers and weaker sections, Rs 10 lakh interest-free loans for the youth, government jobs for Punjabis only and an end to the gangster culture and drug mafia. The Akali Dal President also asserted that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was not only corrupt and had acquired 2,500 acr…
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday received a boost with Punjab BJP Vice-President and two-time legislator Arvind Khanna joining the party along with BJP office bearers, including the district president. Welcoming Khanna into the Akali Dal, party President Sukhbir Badal said, “The storm which will throw out Delhi parties from Punjab has started today”. He also announced Khanna’s appointment as ‘halka’ in-charge of the Sangrur constituency.He said the seni…
Ferozepur, Feb 10 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said that the party is committed to wiping out the menace of drug trafficking and gangsters in Punjab once it forms the government in 2027. Appreciating the initiative by Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria to lead a campaign to make Punjab drug-free, the Akali Dal chief told the media here, “The Governor has understood the pulse of the people and is travelling from village to village and city to city to crea…
Chandigarh, Feb 5 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Thursday offered to court arrest in DGP Gaurav Yadav’s office here but insisted chartered accountants as well as employees associated with him should not be persecuted unjustly by the Punjab Police on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal’s orders. Addressing the media after meeting the DGP along with the party’s core committee, the SAD President said, “The AAP government wants to implicate me in the c…
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday accused Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of compromising the river water rights to “save his chair”. Akali Dal leader Parambans Singh Romana said just like former Chief Minister Darbara Singh had compromised the state’s river water rights at the instance of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the present Chief Minister is ready to give away the state’s waters to Haryana on the directions of his boss Arvind Kejriwal.As…
Chandigarh, Jan 24 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday announced that it would hold a series of rallies from next month in all Assembly constituencies of Punjab to highlight the historic role played by the party in the development of the state, as well as its vision once it forms the government in 2027.The decision was taken at a meeting held here, presided over by party president Sukhbir Badal, and attended by district presidents and constituency in-charges.Giving details of the me…