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The practice of organising havans for political purposes is now entering the Akali Dal as well. Today, former Akali minister and party candidate Sikandar Singh Maluka organised a havan for his success in elections.
It may be recalled that he had lost to independent candidate Gurpreet Singh Kangar in the 2002 elections. Kangar had later joined [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today released another list of 24 party candidates for the Punjab Vidhan sabha elections scheduled for February 13. The party has already announced 64 candidates. There are 13 new faces and 10 young leaders in the present list. Two more Hindu candidates find place in today’s [...]

Na Baat Kahoon main ab ki
Na baat kahoon main tab ki
Agar Na hotay Guru Gobind Singh
Tau Sunat hoti Sab ki”

Akali Dal leader Prem Singh Chandumajra suffered a setback when Karnail Singh Panjoli, who was slated to accompany him to join Parkash Singh Badal refused to join him.
Although Chandumajra had claimed that he along with Baldev Singh Mann and Karnail Singh Panjoli were joining Badal, Panjoli was missing at the press conference. Today Panjoli clarified [...]

In a joint press statement issued here today by Local Government Minister Ch. Jagjit Singh, Rural Development Minister Sh Lal Singh, Public Works Minister Sh Pratap Singh Bajwa, Excise & Taxation Minister Sh Sardul Singh and Finance Minister, Sh Surinder Singla took a strong exception to the irresponsible and callous utterances by SAD Senior [...]

A day after Parkash Singh Badal issued an appeal to Prem Singh Chandumajra and his party, Chandumajra dissolved the Shiromani Akali Dal (longowal0 and joined Badal.
Speculation regarding Chandumajra’s imminent move was ripe from almost a year when Badal attended the wedding of his son.
Chandumajra would be contesting elections from Lehra constituency against the deputy chief [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal today called for a high level probe by a central agency into reports of the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh taking some Pakistani nationals, including a controversial lady, on a secret trip to various spots in Rajasthan even though these foreigners did not have a valid visa to go beyond [...]

Shortly after Rajpura MLA Raj Khurana resigned from his Congress MLA’s seat to join the BJP, Muktsar MLA Sukhdarshan Singh Marar today announced his decision to leave the Congress and joined the Akali Dal.
Marar had been elected as an MLA as an independent and had defeated the Akali Dal official candidate Bhai Harnirpal Singh Kuku.
A [...]