Who Is Sukhbir Singh Badal? SAD Chief Attacked At Nanded Gurdwara

Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
(SAD)
p eside t
Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
was
allegedly
attacked
at
Gu dwa a
Mata
Sahib
Kau
i
Na ded,
Maha asht a,
o
Thu sday.
The
i cide t
occu ed
at
a ou d
11:30
am
whe
the
SAD
leade
was
a ivi g
at
the
gu dwa a.
Acco di g
to
p elimi a y
i fo matio ,
a
pe so
app oached
Badal
a d
allegedly
attempted
to
stab
him.
Police
pe so el
i te ve ed
almost
immediately,
but
Badal
suffe ed
a
i ju y
to
his
a m
du i g
the
i cide t.
His
pe so al
secu ity
office
(PSO)
was
also
i ju ed.

A
Niha g
has
bee
accused
of
ca yi g
out
the
attack.
I itial
epo ts
suggest
that
a
a gume t
p eceded
the
co f o tatio
at
the
gu dwa a
p emises.
Badal
was
late
take
to
hospital
fo
medical
t eatme t.

With
the
i cide t
putti g
the
SAD
chief
i
the
spotlight,
he e
is
a
look
at
who
Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
is
a d
his
political
jou ey.

Who
Is
Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal?

Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
is
a
I dia
politicia
a d
busi essma
who
cu e tly
heads
the
Shi oma i
Akali
Dal,
o e
of
Pu jab’s
p omi e t
political
pa ties.
He
has
also
se ved
as
Pu jab’s
Deputy
Chief
Mi iste
o
two
occasio s.

Badal
ep ese ted
the
Fi ozpu
Lok
Sabha
co stitue cy
i
Pa liame t
a d
has
emai ed
a
p omi e t
figu e
i
Pu jab
politics
fo
seve al
decades.

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Activist
Deve d a
Mahto
Seeks
Civil
Su geo ‘s
Nod
To
Retu
F om
Hospital
To
Ra chi
P otest
Site

His
political
i flue ce
is
also
closely
li ked
to
the
Shi oma i
Gu dwa a
Pa ba dhak
Committee
(SGPC)
a d
othe
Sikh
i stitutio s.
As
SAD
p eside t,
he
has
played
a
ce t al
ole
i
the
pa ty’s
political
a d
o ga isatio al
affai s.

So
Of
Five-Time
Pu jab
Chief
Mi iste
Pa kash
Si gh
Badal

Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
comes
f om
o e
of
Pu jab’s
most
p omi e t
political
families.
He
is
the
so
of
Pa kash
Si gh
Badal,
who
se ved
as
Pu jab
Chief
Mi iste
five
times
a d
was
amo g
the
state’s
lo gest-se vi g
political
leade s.

The
Badal
family
has
had
a
sig ifica t
i flue ce
o
the
Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
a d
Pu jab’s
political
la dscape.
Sukhbi
eve tually
eme ged
as
the
p i cipal
political
successo
to
his
fathe
a d
took
cha ge
of
the
pa ty’s
leade ship.

His
ise
withi
the
SAD
coi cided
with
the
pa ty’s
effo ts
to
co solidate
its
political
base
i
Pu jab
while
expa di g
its
o ga isatio al
i flue ce.

Ea ly
Life
A d
Educatio

Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
was
bo
o
July
9,
1962,
i
Fa idkot,
Pu jab,
i to
a
Dhillo
Jatt
Sikh
family.
His
mothe
was
Su i de
Kau .

He
eceived
his
ea ly
educatio
at
The
Law e ce
School,
Sa awa .
Badal
late
pu sued
highe
educatio
at
Pa jab
U ive sity
i
Cha diga h,
whe e
he
completed
a
maste ‘s
deg ee
i
eco omics
betwee
1980
a d
1984.

He
subseque tly
moved
to
the
U ited
States
fo
fu the
studies
a d
obtai ed
a
MBA
f om
Califo ia
State
U ive sity,
Los
A geles.

F om
Deputy
Chief
Mi iste
To
SAD
P eside t

Badal’s
political
ca ee
saw
him
take
o
i c easi gly
p omi e t
espo sibilities
withi
the
SAD.
He
se ved
as
Pu jab’s
Deputy
Chief
Mi iste
twice
a d
became
o e
of
the
pa ty’s
most
ecog isable
faces.

He
also
se ved
as
a
Membe
of
Pa liame t
f om
the
Fi ozpu
Lok
Sabha
co stitue cy,
st e gthe i g
his
p ese ce
i
atio al
as
well
as
state-level
politics.

As
SAD
p eside t,
Badal
has
emai ed
at
the
ce t e
of
the
pa ty’s
st ategy
a d
decisio -maki g,
pa ticula ly
du i g
pe iods
of
i te se
political
competitio
i
Pu jab.

SAD’s
Electo al
Decli e
U de
His
Leade ship

The
pa ty’s
electo al
fo tu es,
howeve ,
suffe ed
a
sig ifica t
setback
du i g
Badal’s
te u e
as
its
leade .

The
Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
expe ie ced
a
histo ic
decli e
i
its
electo al
pe fo ma ce
i
Pu jab,
pa ticula ly
du i g
the
2017
a d
2022
Assembly
electio s.
The
pa ty
lost
g ou d
to
ival
political
fo ces
a d
saw
its
positio
i
the
state’s
electo al
la dscape
weake
co side ably.

The
decli e
ma ked
a
majo
shift
fo
a
o ga isatio
that
had
p eviously
bee
o e
of
the
domi a t
fo ces
i
Pu jab
politics.

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