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The SAD was an ally of the ruling BJP, but quit the saffron party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in September 2020 over the passage of three agri-marketing bills in Parliament. (File Photo/PTI/News18)
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal’s father, Parkash Singh Badal, who is 95 and a five-time Chief Minister of Punjab, has been admitted to a private hospital in Mohali after he complained of breathlessness. Has gone.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday spoke to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and inquired about the health of party patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, who is hospitalized due to illness.
Badal Sr., who is 95 years old and a five-time chief minister of Punjab, has been admitted to a private hospital in Mohali after he complained of breathlessness.
“Worried to learn that veteran leader Shri Parkash Singh Badal ji is unwell and admitted to hospital. Had a telephonic discussion with Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal ji regarding his health,” Shah tweeted.
The SAD was an ally of the ruling BJP, but quit the saffron party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in September 2020 over the passage of three agri-marketing bills in Parliament.
The party also pulled out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government with the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of Sukhbir Singh Badal.
SAD did not join again even after the Modi government repealed the farm laws. The Akali Dal was one of the oldest allies of the BJP.
The SAD and the BJP first formed a pre-poll alliance for the 1997 Punjab Assembly elections, which continued until the 2019 parliamentary elections and as of September 2020.
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