From once being youngest sarpanch of India to oldest to contest polls: Know journey of SAD patron S. Parkash Singh Badal
Parkash Badal Death: Former Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Sardar Parkash Singh Badal is no more. He was 95.
The SAD patriarch was in ICU in a private hospital in Mohali. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after he complained of difficulty in breathing.
SAD patron Sardar Parkash Singh Badal no more: Know his journey as political leader
Sardar Parkash Singh Badal, once the youngest sarpanch of India and to oldest to contest polls, he choreographed succession politics in Punjab.
He was the oldest chief minister ever and was the only person who was the youngest and the oldest chief minister of his state.
He started his political career in 1947. He was Sarpanch of the Village Badal and later Chairman of Block Samiti, Lambi before rising into Punjab politics. He was elected to Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 1957 for the first time from the Shiromani Akali Dal political party.
Badal created many records in the past. He was the youngest sarpanch when got elected from Badal village in 1952. The Badal dynasty stems from the long innings of its patriarch. An MLA on a Congress ticket at 25, and the then youngest chief minister at 43, Badal Senior weathered 69 years in Punjab politics.
Badal has held the chief ministerial position five times from 1970-71, 1977-80, 1997-2002, 2007-12 and 2012-17. He was the president of SAD from 1995 to 2008 and has also been a member of Lok Sabha once.
Badal was the oldest candidate in the electoral fray in the country in the state elections in 2022, This was Badal’s 13th Assembly election. After election results, Badal was hardly politically active in the area. Though he had started his thanksgiving tour in Lambi, it too was cancelled midway. Thereafter, he either spent time at his residences at Badal village and Chandigarh farmhouse at Balasar village in Haryana.
- PTC NEWS
