File photo of former deputy CM Sukhbir Badal elected new head of Shiromani Akali Dal.
Sukhbir Singh Badal has once again become the head of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). It was unanimously decided at the party meeting at Teja Singh Marine Hall in the Golden Temple campus in Amritsar. Executive head Balwinder Singh Bhundad during this period
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No one proposed his name against Badal for this election. After this, Sukhbir Badal was unanimously elected as the head. Akali leader and returning officer selected for these elections, Gulzar Singh Ranike, stamped the name of Badal amid the meeting.
Sukhbir Badal came in front of the media after being elected as the head. During this time he said,
Opposition parties had made the totals of the planters in their favor to harm the regional parties and the leaders of the rebel faction are in the greed of power.
Badal resigned from the post of SAD chief about 5 months ago, as he was declared a salary. During this time, while facing the punishment in the Golden Temple, an attempt was made to shoot him, but he survived.
The meeting was held in Teja Singh Marine Hall to choose the new head of the Akali Dal. Crowds gathered outside this round hall.
The biggest challenge: religious dispute and Political TurnsPuthal Return between Sukhbir Badal resigned as party president on 16 November 2024. He was then declared ‘Tanakhaiya’ (religious guilty) by Akal Takht. On 2 December 2025, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh described the entire party leadership including Sukhbir as “unqualified to run the party”.
Subsequently, the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) removed Giani Raghbir Singh from his post and replaced Jathedar Kuldeep Singh Gargaj.
SAD spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema has already made it clear that the party leadership has already suffered religious punishment as per the instructions of Akal Takht. When someone suffers religious punishment, it becomes pure and old things are considered to be finished.
Senior leaders of the Akali Dal believe that the instructions of Akal Takht are still effective. Akal Takht had clearly stated that the party should choose a new leader, as the current leadership is disqualified.
Supporters trust Sukhbir Sukhbir’s supporters believe that he gave the party many victories and when difficult times came, some leaders left him and showed selfishness. Another senior leader recalled Sukhbir’s courage and commitment, saying, “They appear in front of the creed and pay the salary. He was also attacked during the religious punishment outside the Golden Temple, but he stayed.”
Sukhbir Badal first became party president in December 2008, when his father Prakash Singh Badal was the Chief Minister of Punjab. He was said to be the leader of the future to bring the politics of ‘corporate style’ to the party, but the party’s dissatisfaction increased after a continuous defeat from the 2017 assembly elections.
The Akali Dal, which was in power in Punjab from 2007 to 2017, was reduced to just three MLAs in the 2022 assembly elections and won only one MP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Two challenges in front of Akali Dal Saturday’s election is considered to be the beginning of a new chapter for sect politics, but now in front of the Akali Dal, apart from the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP, there are two big challenges.
- Amritpal Singh, MP from Khadur Sahib and supporter of Khalistan, has already created the new Akali Dal Waris Punjab De.
- The rebel leader of the Akali Dal, who first formed the Akal Dal Reform Committee, is not clear about their next strategy. Sources believe that they can either claim the leadership by calling themselves real Akali or form a new political party.
Akali Dal’s 105 years history The Shiromani Akali Dal is sitting in its 105 -year history. It was established on 14 December 1920 in collaboration with the Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, which was aimed at becoming a religious, social and political voice of the Sikh community.
After the Gurdwara Act came into force in 1925, the Akali Dal participated actively in the freedom struggle. Inspired by the ideology of “Main Maran Te Panth Jiva”, he stayed away from politics in the early stages. The party stepped into the political field by winning 10 seats in the 1937 Provincial elections.
The Akali Dal strongly opposed the country at the time of partition of the country. On the news of Ferozepur and Jeera being mixed in Pakistan, Master Tara Singh reached Delhi and stopped this decision from Viceroy. He had only 36 rupees after a struggling life.
Leaders of rebel factions.
Chief head And current leadership Sarmukh Singh Jhabal became the first head in 1921. After this, there were a total of 20 heads including Baba Kharak Singh, Master Tara Singh, Sant Fateh Singh, Harchand Singh Longowal, Prakash Singh Badal. Sukhbir Singh Badal is the last elected head. The longest Badal family has been commanded by the Akali Dal.
Prakash Singh Badal was the head of the Shiromani Akali Dal from 1996 to 2008. He commanded the party for nearly 12 years. During this time he strengthened the organization, shifted the headquarters of the party from Amritsar to Chandigarh, and formed an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and formed a common governments of Akali-BJP. In 2008, he handed over his post to Sukhbir Badal.
In the party BrokenFit But existence intact From time to time, there were differences in the party. In the 1960s, Master Tara Singh and Sant Fateh Singh also separated from the party. Even today, Akali Dal is present by different names, but the most effective unit is SAD (Badal).
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