Parkash Singh Badal
Punjab Assembly elections 2022: Shiromani Akali Dal patron and five-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal contested Punjab Assembly elections 2022 from Lambi constituency. However, he lost the battle as he bagged only 54,917 votes.
He has served as the SAD president from 1955 to 2008. Currently, his son Sukhbir Singh Badal is the party president.
As the SAD patron, he has a strong influence in the Sikh community. Also, the Government of India has awarded him the second-highest civilian
award, Padma Vibhushan, in 2015. He started his political career in 1947 and served as the Sarpanch of the Village Badal and later Chairman of Block Samiti, Lambi, before rising into Punjab politics. In 1957, he was elected to Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the first time from the Shiromani Akali Dal.
Parkash Singh Badal has served as Punjab Chief Minister for five terms. Badal’s first term was in 1970 when he became the youngest chief minister of an Indian state. He completed his most recent term in March 2017.
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