Atish Gupta
Chandigarh, 30 December
The year 2024 has been a disappointing year for the Shiromani Akali Dal, which has been ruling the politics of Punjab for a long time. The party’s defeat during the Lok Sabha elections has created a big crisis for party president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Shiromani Akali Dal. This year, some leaders from the party rebelled and formed a new faction. Akal Takht Sahib also paid salaries to many Akali leaders including Sukhbir Singh Badal. Meanwhile, there was a fatal attack on Sukhbir while serving, but no decision could be taken about Sukhbir Badal’s resignation till the end of the year.
Shiromani Akali Dal has faced defeat in Punjab politics since 2017. In the 2022 assembly elections, the party won only three seats, while in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, it won only one seat out of 13 seats. During the Lok Sabha elections, many senior leaders of the party were defeated in the election field. Among them, only Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal and former Union Minister, was able to win. It will be the first time in history that most of the Akali Dal’s candidates in the Lok Sabha elections have forfeited their security deposits.
After the Lok Sabha elections, some leaders of the party rebelled against Sukhbir Badal and formed the Shiromani Akali Dal reform movement. In the Jalandhar West by-election, the party had to pull back after announcing its candidate. After that, the party decided not to contest the by-elections held in the four assembly seats of the state.
Apart from this, the leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal reform movement approached Sri Akal Takht Sahib for the mistakes made from 2007 to 2017. After that, the Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib on August 30 declared Sukhbir Singh Badal and other leaders as salaried.
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