Shiromani Akali Dal | |
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President | Balwinder Singh Bhundar |
Lok Sabha Leader | Harsimrat Kaur Badal |
Founded | 14 December 1920 |
Headquarters | Block #6, Madhya Marg Sector 28, Chandigarh |
Newspaper | Akali Awaaz |
Student wing | Student Organisation of India[1] |
Youth wing | Youth Akali Dal |
Women's wing | Istri Akali Dal[2] |
Labour wing | Shiromani Akali Dal SC wing[3] |
Peasant's wing | Shiromani 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 Status | State Party[18] |
Alliance | SAD+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 |
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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, they left the NDA over the farm bills.[24]
The Bharatiya Kranti Dal(BKD) and the Akali Dal, two other right-wing parties...
The precursor to the present-day SAD was an organization established in December 1920 to help guide the quasi-militant Akali movement of the early 1920s, in which Sikhs demanded and (through the Sikh Gurdwara Act of 1925) won from the ruling British authorities in India control over the gurdwaras (Sikh houses of worship). The present-day SAD, which has claimed to be the oldest regional political party in India, has also controlled Sikh religious institutions such as the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and, more recently, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee.
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