Harkirat Kaur, daughter of former Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, tied the knot on Wednesday. She married NRI businessman Tejveer Singh at Sukhbir Badal’s residence in New Delhi.
Om Birla, Nitin Gadkari and many other bigwigs arrived
Leaders from various political parties arrived to bless the newlywed couple. These included Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal and Anupriya Patel, former Union Ministers Anurag Thakur and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, Dera Beas chief Gurinder Singh Dhillon, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, former Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, Abhay Chautala and Naresh Gujral.
Sukhbir Badal became the head of SAD in 2008
Let us tell you that the working committee of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has accepted the resignation of Sukhbir Singh Badal, the longest serving head in the history of the party. Now the election of the new head of the party will be held on March 1. It is worth noting that Sukhbir Badal became the head in 2008. This is the first time in three decades of politics that the Badal family has not had control over the party.
However, the way the leaders have been assigned duty for the new elections, recruitment campaign. The opposition group has been kept out of Punjab, it is clear that his becoming the head again on March 1 is also certain.
Membership campaign is going on in SAD
Let us tell you that Shiromani Akali Dal’s senior Scheduled Caste leader Gulzar Singh Ranike has been made the election officer. Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema will be with him as secretary. Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that the target is to make 25 lakh members under the membership campaign running from 20 January to 20 February.
The party will elect a new president on 1 March. Dr. Cheema said that until a new president is elected, the party’s acting president Balwinder Singh Bhundar and the parliamentary board will continue to run the party.
