Shiromani Akali Dal

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Shiromani Akali Dal
President Balwinder Singh Bhunder
Lok Sabha  Leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Founded14 December 1920(103 years ago) (1920-12-14)
HeadquartersBlock #6, Madhya Marg
Sector 28, Chandigarh
NewspaperAkali Awaaz
Student wing Student Organisation of India [1]
Youth wing Youth Akali Dal
Women's wing Istri Akali Dal [2]
Labour wingShiromani Akali Dal SC wing [3]
Peasant's wingShiromani Akali Dal BC wing [4]
Ideology Conservatism [5] [6]
Punjabiyat [7] [8] [9] [10]
Punjabi nationalism [11] [12]
Federalism [13] [14]
Political position Centre-right [15] [16] to right-wing [17]
Colours  Navy Blue & Saffron
ECI StatusState Party [18]
AllianceSAD+BSP (2021-2023)
SAD+INLD (2021-Present) National Democratic Alliance (1998–2020)
Seats in  Lok Sabha
1 / 543
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in  Punjab Legislative Assembly
2 / 117
Election symbol
Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg
Website
www.shiromaniakalidal.com

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: Supreme Eternal Party [19] ) is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. [20] [21] [22] Although there are many parties with the description Akali Dal, the party that is recognized as "Shiromani Akali Dal" by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Sukhbir Singh Badal. The party has a moderate Punjabi agenda. [23] On 26 September 2020, it left the National Democratic Alliance over the farm bills. [24]

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History

British India

Akali Dal was formed on 14 December 1920 as a task force of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, the Sikh religious body. The Akali Dal considers itself the principal representative of Sikhs. Sardar Sarmukh Singh Chubbal was the first president of a unified proper Akali Dal, but it became popular under Master Tara Singh. [25] Akali movement influenced 30 new Punjabi newspapers launched between 1920 and 1925. [26]

In the provincial election of 1937, the Akali Dal won 10 seats. The Khalsa Nationalists won 11 seats and joined the coalition government headed by the Unionist leader Sikander Hyat Khan. The Akalis sat in opposition and made occasional forays into reaching an understanding with the Muslim League, which never reached fruition. [27]

In the provincial election of 1946, the Akali Dal won 22 seats and joined the coalition government headed by the Unionist Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwana, along with the Indian National Congress. The Muslim League was unable to capture power, despite having won the largest number of seats, which perhaps suited it fine as it strengthened its Pakistan demand. The Muslim League launched a civil disobedience campaign, bringing down the Tiwana government by March 1947. The rest of the period till Indian independence was filled by Governor's Rule. [28]

As with other Sikh organisations, Master Tara Singh and his Akali Dal strongly opposed the partition of India, which he thought would create an environment of possible persecution. [29]

Post Independence India

In the 1950s, the party launched the Punjabi Suba movement, demanding a state with majority of Punjabi speaking people, out of undivided East Punjab under the leadership of Sant Fateh Singh. [30] In 1966, the present Punjab was formed. Akali Dal came to power in the new Punjab in March 1967, [31] but early governments didn't live long due to internal conflicts and power struggles within the party. Later, party strengthened and party governments completed full term.

Modern Factions

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa along with other Akali leaders came together at a Gurdwara in Ludhiana on 7 July 2020 to re-establish SAD (D). Dhindsa was chosen as president of the revived political party. He claimed SAD (D) as the true Shiromani Akali Dal and that the one so called was taken over by the Badal family. [32]

Prior to this in late 2018, expelled senior members of Shiromani Akali Dal Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, Rattan Singh Ajnala, Sewa Singh Sekhwan, their relatives and others had formed SAD (T). [33] The reasoning of the expelling was due to their accusations of the Badal family steering Shiromani Akali Dal in the wrong path.

Ahead of the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, both SAD (T) and SAD (D) were dissolved to be merged together into a new political party by the name of Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt). This party entered into the National Democratic Alliance to contest the Punjab elections alongside the candidates of Bharatiya Janata Party.[ citation needed ]

Ideology

Shiromani Akali Dal's main goals are the protection of Sikh rights, Punjab's waters, and opposition to the Sutlej Yamuna link canal. [34]

1996 Moga Conference

In 1996, at a historic conference in Moga, Shiromani Akali Dal adopted a moderate Punjabi agenda and shifted party headquarters from Amritsar to Chandigarh. [35]

Party Presidents

Following is the list of presidents of the party as given on the party website.

S. No.NamePortraitTerm StartTerm EndDuration
1Sarmukh Singh Jhabal--17 February 196927 March 19701 year, 1 month, 10 days
405 days
2 Kharak Singh Baba Kharak Singh 1988 stamp of India.jpg ------
3 Master Tara Singh Master Tara Singh.png ------
4 Gopal Singh Qaumi Jathedar Gopal Singh Qaumi.jpg ------
5Tara Singh Thethar------
6 Teja Singh Akarpuri Jathedar Teja Singh Akarpuri.jpg ------
7 Babu Labh Singh ------
8 Udham Singh Nagoke Udham Singh Nagoke.jpg ------
9Giani Kartar Singh------
10Pritam Singh Gojran (Gujjran Sangrur)------
11 Hukam Singh ------
12 Fateh Singh ------
13Achar Singh------
14Bhupinder Singh------
15 Mohan Singh Tur Mohan Singh Tur Official portrait 1977.gif ------
16 Jagdev Singh Talwandi Jagdev Singh Talwandi.jpg ------
17 Harchand Singh Longowal Harchand Singh Longowal 1987 stamp of India.jpg --20 August 1985--
18 Surjit Singh Barnala H E Shri Surjit Singh Barnala.jpg 27 September 1985199611 years, 9 months, 15 days
4,291 days
19 Parkash Singh Badal PRAKASH SINGH BADAL.JPG 1996200812 years
4,383 days
20 Sukhbir Singh Badal Sukhbir Singh Badal.JPG 2008202416 years, 2 months
5,927 days
21 Balwinder Singh Bhunder 2024Present

Current Members in Houses

HouseCurrent MembersLeader
Union Parliament
Lok Sabha 1 Harsimrat Kaur Badal
State Legislature
Punjab Legislative Assembly 3 / 117 Manpreet Singh Ayali

List of Union Leaders

No.PortraitNameTerm in officeDurationPortfolioPrime Minister
1 Parkash Singh Badal 2014.jpg Parkash Singh Badal 26 March 197727 March 19771 day Minister of Communications Morarji Desai
228 March 197717 June 197781 days Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
3 Surjit Singh Barnala, 2008.png Surjit Singh Barnala 18 June 197728 July 19792 years, 40 days
419 March 199813 October 19991 year, 208 days Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Atal Bihari Vajpayee
5 Minister of Food and Consumer Affairs
6 Sukhbir Singh Badal.JPG Sukhbir Singh Badal 20 March 199813 October 19991 year, 207 days Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry
7 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.jpg Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 22 November 199926 November 19994 days Minister of Works and Estates
(Merged with Ministry of Urban Development)
87 November 200022 May 20043 years, 197 days Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
927 May 20007 November 2000164 days Minister of Mines
102 February 20007 November 2000279 days Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
11 Harsimrat Kaur Badal.jpg Harsimrat Kaur Badal 27 May 201430 May 20195 years, 3 days Minister of Food Processing Industries Narendra Modi
1231 May 201918 September 20201 year, 110 days

Punjab Chief Ministers Belonging to Akali Dal

PortraitChief MinisterIn OfficeDurationConstituency
FromTo
Gurnam Singh
(1899-1973)		17 February 196927 March 19701 year, 38 days Qila Raipur
Parkash Singh Badal 2014.jpg Parkash Singh Badal
(1927-2023)		27 March 197014 June 19711 year, 79 days Gidderbaha
20 June 197717 February 19802 years, 242 days
12 February 199726 February 20025 years, 14 days Lambi
1 March 200716 March 201710 years, 15 days
Surjit Singh Barnala, 2008.png Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925-2017)		29 September 198511 June 19871 year, 255 days Barnala

List of Deputy Chief Ministers

Sr. No.Name
(constituency)
(birth-death)		PortraitTerm of officeChief MinisterAppointed by
1 Sukhbir Singh Badal
( - )
(b.1962)		 Sukhbir Singh Badal.png 21 January 20091 July 2009161 days Prakash Singh Badal S. F. Rodrigues
2 Sukhbir Singh Badal
(Jalalabad)
(b.1962)		10 August 200914 March 20122 years, 217 days
14 March 201216 March 20175 years, 2 days Shivraj Patil

General Elections

General Elections Results
YearGeneral ElectionSeats WonChange in # of SeatsPercentage of VoteVote Swing
19456th Central Legislative Assembly2Steady2.svg——
19511st Lok Sabha4Increase2.svg 20.99%—
19572nd Lok Sabha0Decrease2.svg 4——
19623rd Lok Sabha3Increase2.svg 30.72%—
19674th Lok Sabha3Steady2.svg——
19715th Lok Sabha1Decrease2.svg 20.87%—
19776th Lok Sabha9Increase2.svg 81.26%—
19807th Lok Sabha1Decrease2.svg 80.71%—
19848th Lok Sabha7Increase2.svg 617.9%—
19899th Lok Sabha0Decrease2.svg 7——
199110th Lok Sabha0Steady2.svg——
199611th Lok Sabha8Increase2.svg 80.76%—
199812th Lok Sabha8Steady2.svg0.81%—
199913th Lok Sabha2Decrease2.svg 625.58%—
200414th Lok Sabha8Increase2.svg 634.28%—
200915th Lok Sabha4Decrease2.svg 40.96%—
201416th Lok Sabha4Steady2.svg20.30%Decrease2.svg 13.55%
201917th Lok Sabha2Decrease2.svg 227.45%Increase2.svg 13.9%
202418th Lok Sabha1Decrease2.svg 113.42%Decrease2.svg 14.03%

In state elections

Punjab Provincial Assembly Elections

Legislative Assembly elections
Election YearLeaderseats contestedseats won+/- in seatsOverall votes % of overall votes+/- in vote shareSitting side
1937 Master Tara Singh 81
11 / 175
Steady2.svg1,788,8565.58Steady2.svgOthers
1946 Master Tara Singh 81
20 / 175
Increase2.svg 93,550,21210.94Increase2.svg 5.36Others

Punjab Legislative Assembly Elections

Legislative Assembly elections
Election YearLeaderseats contestedseats won+/- in seatsOverall votes % of overall votes+/- in vote shareSitting side
1952 Gopal Singh Khalsa 48
13 / 126
Increase2.svg 13620,45512.44Increase2.svg 12.44Opposition
1957 Contested with Congress and 28 Akali leaders won. [36]
1962 Gurnam Singh 46
16 / 154
Increase2.svg 16799,92511.87Increase2.svg 11.87Opposition
1967 Sant Fateh Singh (SFSG)59
24 / 104
Increase2.svg 24871,74220.48Increase2.svg 20.48Opposition
Master Tara Singh (MTSG)61
2 / 104
Increase2.svg 2178,7464.20Increase2.svg 4.20
1969 Gurnam Singh 65
43 / 104
Increase2.svg 431,381,91629.36Increase2.svg 29.36Government
1972 Jaswinder Singh Brar 72
24 / 104
Decrease2.svg 191,344,43727.64Decrease2.svg 1.72Opposition
1977 Parkash Singh Badal 70
58 / 117
Increase2.svg 341,776,60231.41Increase2.svg 3.8Government
1980 Harchand Singh Longowal 73
37 / 117
Decrease2.svg 211,683,26626.92Decrease2.svg 4.49Opposition
1985 Surjit Singh Barnala 100
73 / 117
Increase2.svg 232,630,27038.01Increase2.svg 11.09Government
1992 Boycotted the elections [37] [38] [39]
1997 Parkash Singh Badal 92
75 / 117
Increase2.svg 753,873,09937.64Increase2.svg 37.64Government
2002
41 / 117
Decrease2.svg 343,196,92431.08Decrease2.svg 6.56Opposition
2007 93
48 / 117
Increase2.svg 74,689,01837.09Increase2.svg 6.01Government
2012 94
56 / 117
Increase2.svg 84,828,61234.73Decrease2.svg 2.36Government
2017
15 / 117
Decrease2.svg 413,898,16125.2Decrease2.svg 9.4Others
2022 Sukhbir Singh Badal 97
3 / 117
Decrease2.svg 122,861,28618.38Decrease2.svg 6.86Others

Haryana Legislative Assembly Elections

Legislative Assembly elections
Election YearLeaderseats contestedseats won+/- in seatsOverall votes % of overall votes+/- in vote shareSitting side
2009 Charanjeet Kaur Mallour2
1 / 90
Steady2.svg9,490,0920.98Steady2.svgOpposition
2014 Balkaur Singh 5
1 / 90
Steady2.svg12,426,9680.6Decrease2.svg 0.38Others
2019 Rajinder Singh Desujodha3
0 / 90
Decrease2.svg 112,520,1770.38Decrease2.svg 0.22Others

Delhi Legislative Assembly Elections

Legislative Assembly elections
Election YearLeaderseats contestedseats won+/- in seatsOverall votes % of overall votes+/- in vote shareSitting side
2013 Manjinder Singh Sirsa 4
1 / 70
Steady2.svg7,699,8001Steady2.svgGovernment
2015 Manjinder Singh Sirsa 1
0 / 90
Decrease2.svg 18,978,2690.5Decrease2.svg 0.5Opposition

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