Though his exemplary career in public service was largely confined to Punjab, he was respected across the country. President Draupadi Murmu tweeted, “Shri Parkash Singh Badal was one of the tallest political stalwarts since independence. scx2K7KMCq- Narendra Modi April 25, 2023 He worked tirelessly for the progress of Punjab and anchored the state through critical times. He was a colossal figure of Indian politics, and a remarkable statesman who contributed greatly to our nation. He was also honoured with Path Rattan Faqr-e-Qaum (Jewel of the Panth Pride of the Community) in 2011.Įxtremely saddened by the passing away of Shri Parkash Singh Badal Ji. He was conferred with Padma Vibhushan in 2015, which he returned in 2020 to protest against the farm laws. Thereafter, he switched to Lambi and won five times in a row in 1997, 2002, 2007, 20.īadal didn’t contest two Assembly elections in his political career - once in 1962 and in 1992 when the SAD had boycotted it. He won the Assembly election consecutively five times from Gidderbaha in 1969, 1972, 1977, 19. He won the first Assembly election before the reorganisation of the state from Malout in 1957 on a Congress ticket. First, to Harcharan Singh Brar from Gidderbaha in 1967 by just 57 votes and thereafter in 2022 to Gurmet Singh Khudian from Lambi in a constituency that he had nurtured. In his over 75-year political journey, Badal lost just two Assembly elections. He was a Lok Sabha MP and served as the Union Agriculture Minister for a short span. He became the youngest CM of Punjab in 1970 and then the oldest CM in 2012. As part of it, flags in all government buildings will be flown at half-mast.īadal was the youngest sarpanch when he got elected from Badal village in 1952. Meanwhile, the Centre has announced two-day state mourning on April 26-27 as a mark of respect for Badal.
He, however, lost to AAP’s first-timer Gurmeet Singh Khudian. The SAD patriarch was the oldest candidate to contest the 2022 Punjab assembly elections. The five-time chief minister was admitted to the hospital a few days ago after he complained of breathing difficulties.īadal is survived by son and SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and daughter Parneet Kaur, who is married to former cabinet minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon.ĪLSO READ: Parkash Singh Badal Dies: All About Five-time Punjab CM’s 75-year Political Journey | Key Points Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal died on Tuesday evening at a private hospital in Mohali.
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