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The Akali Dal, which aligned with the Congress during the pre-Independence period, is toeing its core 'panthic' ideology to safeguard the interests of Sikhs. "The people have made my campaign their campaign and informed me that they will ensure my victory with a thumping majority," Badal, who just recovered from Covid-19, had told IANS.īadal's party, which is just six years older than him, came into being on December 14, 1920, to free gurdwaras from the control of mahants (priests) appointed by the British government. He said he has complete confidence in the constituents. I am also committed to nourishing the constituency always." His son Sukhbir Badal, the Ferozepur Lok Sabha member, was contesting from his stronghold Jalalabad for the fourth time.Īfter filing his nomination papers, the elder Badal had said, "I am continuing my relationship with the people of Lambi who have stood by me through thick and thin. With this he was the oldest candidate in the fray in the state. Parkash Singh Badal had filed his nomination from his bastion Lambi in Muktsar district for the sixth time in a row. His son-in-law Adesh Partap Singh Kairon was defeated in Patti in Tarn Taran district by the AAP's Laljit Singh Bhullar. The eldest Badal, who won the seat five times in a row since 1997, lost to Gurmeet Khuddian from Lambi by 11,357 votes, while his son and SAD chief and Member of Parliament Sukhbir Badal faced a humiliating defeat in Jalalabad. SAD patriarch Badal, a founding member of the NDA who before parting ways had always referred to ties as 'nau-maas da rishta' (nail-and-flesh ties), the eldest candidate at 94 in the fray for the 117-member Punjab Assembly, as well as his four family members, including son Sukhbir, lost to the AAP's greenhorns. But even he could not retain his seat that he had won for five consecutive terms.Īlso, for the first time the SAD was testing the waters after severing its ties with the BJP with which it had joined hands in 1997 during the state polls and remained its oldest ally for 23 years. The century old regional political outfit Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), fighting these Assembly polls in Punjab to save its 'sinking ship' after a humiliating defeat in the 2017 Assembly polls, was largely banking on the charismatic Parkash Singh Badal, 94, whose feet were touched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after filing his nomination papers for the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in 2019.