United Akali Dal

See also: Shiromani Akali Dal (disambiguation)

United Akali Dal
President	Baba Joginder Singh (1989), Bhai Mokham Singh (2014)
Secretary	Gurdeep Singh Bathinda
Founded	1989–(1st time) 2014–(2nd time)
Dissolved	25 June 2020 (2020-06-25)
Preceded by	United Sikh Movement, Insaf Lehar
Succeeded by	Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)
Headquarters	Amritsar
Youth wing	Youth United Akali Dal
Ideology	Sikhism
Colours	Orange
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United Akali Dal ^[1] is a Sikhism-centric political party that was re-established on 22 November 2014 at Amritsar ^[2] by leaders of United Sikh Movement and Insaf Lehar have played leading role in setting up this party. This party is led by Bhai Mohkam Singh of Damdami Taksal. ^[3]

On 25 June 2020 Bhai Mokham Singh and his party members dissolved the party and merged into the new Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic), led by Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.

History

United Akali Dal is a Sikh religion-centric political party founded by Baba Joginder Singh in 1989. The United Akali Dal contested 1989 Indian general election and won. On 22 November 2014, the United Akali Dal was re-established at Amritsar. Bhai Mokham Singh was leading this party.

References

1. "UAD". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
2. Jha, Dhirendra K. (26 November 2014). "Radical Sikh groups see red as RSS gets aggressive in Punjab". Scroll.in.
3. "former-taksal-leader-bhai-mohkam-singh-floats-political-party-named-united-akali-dal". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2014.