Sukhbir reconstitutes core panel, inducts 23 members
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sukhbir reconstitutes core panel, inducts 23 members

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday re-constituted party’s top decision-making body, the core committee, with the induction of 23 members and four ex-officio office-bearers. Five expelled rebel leaders, including former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Jagir Kaur, former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra and three ex-ministers Sikandar Singh Maluka, Parminder Singh Dhindsa and Surjeet Singh Rakhra, were members of the core committee and used to have a say in the party matters. Gulzar Singh Ranike, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Maheshinder Singh Grewal, Hira Singh Gabria, Bikram Singh Majithia, Daljit Singh Cheema, Anil Joshi, Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Sohan Singh Thandal, Paramjit Singh Sarna, Manjit Singh GK, Iqbal Singh Jhundan, Virsa Singh Valtoha, Gurbachan Singh Babehli, Sukhwinder Sukhi, Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal, NK Sharma and Mantar Singh Brar have been included in the top decision-making body of the party. “The core committee had been reconstituted as per the resolution of working committee of the party which had shown trust in SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal,” said party’s vice-president Daljit Singh Cheema.

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SAD asks Dhami-led Takht panel to supervise membership drive
1 month, 4 weeks ago

SAD asks Dhami-led Takht panel to supervise membership drive

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Akali Dal working committee on Friday asked Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami to start meetings of the seven-member committee constituted by the Akal Takht to supervise the party’s membership drive, which is already underway since January 20. SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami, SAD working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar and senior leader Daljit Singh Cheema during …

Issue of election to choose new BJP State chief may be discussed at core committee today
2 months, 1 week ago

Issue of election to choose new BJP State chief may be discussed at core committee today

The Hindu  

The BJP State core committee is meeting here on Tuesday night to take stock of various developments, including the proposed election to choose the State unit president amidst internal tussle. BJP national general secretary Radhamohan Das Agarwal would preside over the core committee meeting, which would also review the progress of organisational work among other issues. It may be noted …

SAD working panel accepts Sukhbir’s resignation
2 months, 2 weeks ago

SAD working panel accepts Sukhbir’s resignation

Hindustan Times  

The working committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday accepted the resignation of Sukhbir Singh Badal as party chief, marking the first time since 1996 that the party will not be helmed by the Badal family. Party’s second-most senior leader Balwinder Singh Bhundar will be the acting president until a new leadership structure is formed. While pronouncing the religious …

Akali Dal accepts Sukhbir Singh Badal’s resignation after 2 months
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Akali Dal accepts Sukhbir Singh Badal’s resignation after 2 months

Live Mint  

The working committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal Friday accepted the resignation of Sukhbir Singh Badal as party chief, party leaders said. Badal had tendered his resignation as the party chief on November 16 last year but the party's working committee did not accept his resignation, appealing him to reconsider his resignation otherwise the entire committee would resign enmasse. While …

SAD working committee meet on Jan 10 to decide on Sukhbir’s resignation
2 months, 3 weeks ago

SAD working committee meet on Jan 10 to decide on Sukhbir’s resignation

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Akali Dal working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar has called the party’s working committee meeting on January 10 to take a call on accepting the resignation of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal besides deciding on holding a membership drive to pave the way for restructuring of the party. The decision comes hours after a delegation of SAD leaders on Wednesday …

Takht sets ball rolling for SAD reforms
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Takht sets ball rolling for SAD reforms

Hindustan Times  

The Akal Takht’s directions to the Shiromani Akali Dal working committee to accept Sukhbir Badal’s resignation from the party president’s post and form a six-member panel for its reorganisation has set the ball rolling for reforms within the party. They are Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami, SAD’s representative in the state assembly Manpreet Singh Ayali, Jhoondan committee …

Shiromani Akali Dal panel keeps decision on Sukhbir resignation pending
4 months, 1 week ago

Shiromani Akali Dal panel keeps decision on Sukhbir resignation pending

Hindustan Times  

The working committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday decided to keep its decision on the resignation by president Sukhbir Singh Badal pending. Party vice-president Daljit Singh Cheema had on Saturday said that working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar had convened the emergency meeting at the party’s headquarters in Chandigarh. As Youth Akali Dal members held a protest in front …

SAD working committee delays decision on Sukhbir Badal's resignation amidst internal dissent, protests
4 months, 1 week ago

SAD working committee delays decision on Sukhbir Badal's resignation amidst internal dissent, protests

New Indian Express  

CHANDIGARH: The working committee of Shiromani Akali Dal decided to keep its decision on the resignation by President Sukhbir Singh Badal pending, as consensus had not yet been formed. After the meeting of the working committee which lasted for three hours, the party's working president Balwinder Singh Bhunder said while discussions had taken place, a consensus had not yet been …

Punjab: Shiromani Akali Dal’s meet on Sukhbir’s resignation on Nov 18
4 months, 1 week ago

Punjab: Shiromani Akali Dal’s meet on Sukhbir’s resignation on Nov 18

Hindustan Times  

The working committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal will meet on November 18 to take a decision on the resignation tendered by president Sukhbir Singh Badal, said party’s vice president Daljit Singh Cheema on Saturday. Sukhbir Singh Badal Cheema disclosed that the last election to the post of the president and the organisational structure of the party was held on …

Sukhbir Singh Badal resigns as Shiromani Akali Dal president, says party leader Daljit Cheema
4 months, 1 week ago

Sukhbir Singh Badal resigns as Shiromani Akali Dal president, says party leader Daljit Cheema

Hindustan Times  

Sukhbir Singh Badal has resigned as the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal, said party leader Daljit Cheema, news agency PTI reported. In a post on X, Cheema said that Badal submitted his resignation to the working Committee of the party on Saturday "to pave the way for the election of new President". The party had posted on X at …

Sukhbir Singh Badal, 62, resigns as Shiromani Akali Dal president
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sukhbir Singh Badal, 62, resigns as Shiromani Akali Dal president

India Today  

Sukhbir Singh Badal, 62, stepped down as the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday. "The SAD President S Sukhbir Singh Badal submitted his resignation to the working Committee of the party today to pave the way for the election of new President," Cheema tweeted. Akali Dal Working Committee president Balwinder Singh Bhundar called an emergency meeting of the …

Sukhbir gets acting party chief ahead of Takht meet
7 months ago

Sukhbir gets acting party chief ahead of Takht meet

New Indian Express  

CHANDIGARH: In signs of growing complications in Sikh politics in Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has appointed Balwinder Singh Bhunder as the party’s working president. The move comes a day ahead of the crucial meeting of five Sikh high priests who have to decide the further course of action against Sukhbir days after he submitted his explanation …

Badal Dissolves SAD's Core Committee Amid Rebellion By Section of Party Leaders
8 months ago

Badal Dissolves SAD's Core Committee Amid Rebellion By Section of Party Leaders

News 18  

Facing rebellion by a section of party leaders, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday dissolved its core committee, the outfit’s highest decision-making body. Several senior party leaders, including some from the core committee, had last month demanded that Badal step down as the party chief following its debacle in the recently held Lok Sabha elections in Punjab. …

’Sukhbir Singh Badal does not try to rectify shortcomings’: Shiromani Akali Dal leaders amid discord with party chief
9 months ago

’Sukhbir Singh Badal does not try to rectify shortcomings’: Shiromani Akali Dal leaders amid discord with party chief

Live Mint  

The Shiromani Akal Dal is facing a crisis after senior leaders, including Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Bidi Jagir Kaur, among others, launched a revolt against party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, demanding change in the leadership after the party's severe drubbing in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Talking to ANI yesterday, Cheema said, "We are reviewing the reasons behind our performance in …

SAD strife: Rebel faction demands Sukhbir's head; official faction blames BJP for trouble
9 months ago

SAD strife: Rebel faction demands Sukhbir's head; official faction blames BJP for trouble

New Indian Express  

"A personality having a strong political and religious understanding should be given the command of the party. A meeting of Shiromani Akali Dal District Presidents and Halka in-charges also lashed out at "deep-rooted conspiracies by the enemies of the Panth and Punjab "to divide and weaken the quom and its sole representative party, the SAD, by using some selfish and …

Senior Akali leaders revolt against Sukhbir Badal, want him to step down
9 months ago

Senior Akali leaders revolt against Sukhbir Badal, want him to step down

Hindustan Times  

Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leaders Prem Singh Chandumajra, Sikander Singh Maluka, Bibi Jagir Kaur, Parminder Singh Dhindsa and Sarwan Singh Phillaur on Tuesday raised a banner of revolt against party president Sukhbir Singh Badal by launching the Akali Dal Bachao Lehar in Jalandhar. Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal is grappling with dissent in his party after its poor …

Sukhdev Dhindsa merges his party SAD (Sanyukt) with SAD after 4 years
1 year ago

Sukhdev Dhindsa merges his party SAD (Sanyukt) with SAD after 4 years

Hindustan Times  

In a boost for Akali Dal ahead of Lok Sabha polls, former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Tuesday merged his SAD with the Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal. Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal meets with Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa during the merging of the two parties ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, on …

Merger with Shiromani Akali Dal: Dhindsa faction to form panel
1 year, 3 months ago

Merger with Shiromani Akali Dal: Dhindsa faction to form panel

Hindustan Times  

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal has decided to set up a panel to finalise merger with the Akali Dal. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa The move comes days after Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal issued an apology for the sacrilege incident in 2015. The party may nominate Dhindsa as a Shiromani Akali Dal patron, said sources. On the issue of …

SAD appoints 15 district chiefs
1 year, 6 months ago

SAD appoints 15 district chiefs

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday appointed the presidents of 15 district units, a year after the party’s organisation structure was dismantled. In July last year, party president Sukhbir Singh Badal had dissolved the organisational structure, all committees and frontal organisations to pave way for a course correction and resuscitating the party. Baba Tek Singh Dhanola has been appointed the district …

SAD dissolves its organisational structure
2 years, 8 months ago

SAD dissolves its organisational structure

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh : The Shiromani Akali Dal is maintaining a stoic silence on key suggestions of the 13-member panel, led by party’s leader from Sangrur Iqbal Singh Jhunda, formed to analyse the reasons for the party’s worst-ever poll defeat in Punjab. The Shiromani Akali Dal is maintaining a stoic silence on key suggestions of the 13-member panel, led by party’s leader …

With Sukhbir Badal as CM Face, Akali Dal Says Cong Will Finish Poor Third in Punjab, Flays BJP for Duping it
3 years, 8 months ago

With Sukhbir Badal as CM Face, Akali Dal Says Cong Will Finish Poor Third in Punjab, Flays BJP for Duping it

News 18  

Bathinda and Mukhtsar in Punjab’s Malwa region are the dens of the Shiromani Akali Dal, the party with a strong Sikh Panthik vote-bank that ruled the state for a decade before a disastrous exit in 2017. A non-performing government of CM Amarinder Singh is latching on to a non-event,” senior SAD leader and Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral told News18. …

Sonia okays poll, campaign panels for Haryana elections
5 years, 6 months ago

Sonia okays poll, campaign panels for Haryana elections

The Quint  

New Delhi, Sep 10 Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday approved a 28-member election committee and 50-member campaign committee for the party's Haryana unit, ahead of the state assembly polls due later this year. The election panel has top Congress leaders -- former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former state unit chief Ashok Tanwar, party's national spokesperson Randeep Singh …

Congress rejigs ranks, Sushil Kumar Shinde no longer Himachal in-charge
6 years, 10 months ago

Congress rejigs ranks, Sushil Kumar Shinde no longer Himachal in-charge

Hindustan Times  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday removed former home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde as the party’s in-charge of Himachal Pradesh, appointing former Rajya Sabha member Rajani Patil in his place. Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde was replaced by Rajya Sabha member Rajani Patil as the Himachal Pradesh in-charge. Making another set of organisational changes, Gandhi also named former Uttar Pradesh …

Sukhbir Badal will choose the next SGPC president: Know who’s in race
8 years, 4 months ago

Sukhbir Badal will choose the next SGPC president: Know who’s in race

Hindustan Times  

In accordance with the Shiromani Akali Dal tradition, its chief -- deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal -- will select the next president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee from among the SGPC members belonging to the party here on Saturday. During a closed-door meeting at Teja Singh Samundri Hall here on Friday, SGPC members belonging to the Akali Dal …

HC issues notice to Punjab govt on appointment of 6 CPSes
8 years, 10 months ago

HC issues notice to Punjab govt on appointment of 6 CPSes

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday issued a notice to the Punjab government over it’s recent appointment of 6 chief parliamentary secretaries. With the fresh inductions ---five from Shiromani Akali Dal and two from Bharatiya Janata Party — the number of CPSes in the Badal team had gone upto 25. Facing high-stake assembly elections early next year, the …

SAD core panel discusses political fallout of unrest
9 years, 5 months ago

SAD core panel discusses political fallout of unrest

Hindustan Times  

Unnerved by growing public unrest over police firing on Sikh protesters in Faridkot district, the Shiromani Akali Dal core committee went into a lengthy five-hour huddle on Friday evening. HT Photo At the core of this closed-door meeting to which, director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini was also summoned, the Akali Dal think tank dissected the political fallout of …

Haryanvis united under Chautala's leadership: Sukhbir
10 years, 5 months ago

Haryanvis united under Chautala's leadership: Sukhbir

India TV News  

Ratia : Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal today said people of Haryana were united under former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala's leadership and would ensure overwhelming majority to the Indian National Lok Dal-SAD combine in the October 15 Assembly elections. Addressing a rally here in favour of INLD candidate Ravinder Singh Baliyal, Badal said Congress had committed its …

Harsh Vardhan appointed Delhi BJP election manifesto convener
11 years, 6 months ago

Harsh Vardhan appointed Delhi BJP election manifesto convener

India TV News  

New Delhi: Senior Delhi BJP leader Harsh Vardhan, seen as a front runner for party's Chief Ministerial candidate, was yesterday appointed as convenor of BJP's election manifesto committee for assembly polls. Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel appointed Vardhan as head of the committee which has four other members, including former party unit president Vijender Gupta and senior leader Jagdish Mukhi.Interestingly, …

Core committee will be revamped after new constitution: Hazare
13 years, 5 months ago

Core committee will be revamped after new constitution: Hazare

The Hindu  

A day after Team Anna members said the core committee would not be disbanded, the leader of the anti-corruption movement declared that the panel would be ‘revamped' according to a new constitution. It is now heading towards consolidation, through a process of selection.” However, Mr. Hazare said he did not “find it right” that some people were talking about disbanding …

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