Harsimrat Kaur Badal

"PM Called Farmers Parasites": Harsimrat Badal's Attack In Lok Sabha

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday February 9, 2021

Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal -- a former minister in Narendra Modi's cabinet -- today attacked the government over the farmers' issue, questioning how the Prim e Minister could call them "parasites". She also accused the government of targetting journalists over their coverage of the protest.

The Way Farmers Are Being Treated Is Shameful, Says Harsimrat Kaur Badal

India News | ANI | Wednesday February 3, 2021

As security was tightened at Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) and Tikri (Delhi-Haryana) borders in light of the ongoing farmers' protest, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the way farmers are being treated is shameful.

"Crying Croc Tears": Harsimrat Badal Slams Rahul Gandhi On Farm Laws

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday January 15, 2021

Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday took on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of duplicity in backing the farmers' protest against new agricultural laws.

PM Should Talk Directly To Protesting Farmers: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 7, 2021

A day before the government's eighth round of talks with protesting farm unions, Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the centre has lost the trust of the entire farming community and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should directly talk to agitating farmers.

Hold Talks With PM To Get Farm Laws Repealed: Akali Dal, Congress To Farmers

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 30, 2020

The Shiromani Akali Dal and the Congress today urged farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws to talk directly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying otherwise the dialogue will not yield any result.

Reopen Kartarpur Corridor At Earliest: Harsimrat Kaur Badal To Centre

India News | ANI | Saturday December 19, 2020

Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has requested the External Affairs Ministry to facilitate reopening of Kartarpur corridor at the earliest, saying Sikhs across the world are pained at being not able to visit the last resting place of Guru Nanak Dev on his 551st Parkash Parab last month.

"Cheap Theatrics": Harsimrat Kaur Badal Slams Arvind Kejriwal For Tearing Copies Of Farm Laws

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 18, 2020

Former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday accused Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal of indulging in "cheap theatrics" by tearing up copies of the farm laws.

"Despite Being So Literate...": Harsimrat Badal Counters Amarinder Singh

India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday December 5, 2020

The bitter blame-game between the political stakeholders in Punjab over farmers' protest continued unabated on Friday, with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh attacking former Union minister, Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, over the contentious farm laws passed by the Centre recently

Centre Treating Farmers As "Enemy Of State", Says Harsimrat Kaur Badal

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 26, 2020

The central government is treating farmers as "enemy of the State", SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal alleged today, condemning the use of force to stop them from marching towards Delhi in protest against the Centre's farm laws.

Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Bashes BJP Over Free Vaccine Promise For Bihar

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 22, 2020

The BJP's estranged ally Akali Dal has joined the list of opposition parties that have been targeting Bihar's ruling BJP over its pre-election promise of free Covid vaccines in the state. The attack came from Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who till last month, had been a minister in the Narendra Modi government.

Green Revolution Didn't Help Northeast Farmers, New Laws Will: Union Minister

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday October 1, 2020

Farmers in the north-east region will be the biggest beneficiaries of the agricultural reforms set in motion by the centre, Union Minister Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday. The three agriculture bills recently signed into laws by the President were the biggest agricultural reforms for welfare of farmers in the country since Independence, Mr Ri...

Sukhbir Badal, Harsimrat Kaur Briefly Detained Over Farm Laws Protest

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday October 2, 2020

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal were briefly detained while trying to enter Chandigarh on Thursday night while protesting against the new farm laws, a matter over which their party decided to pull out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal Remembers "Vajpayee Ji" As Akali Dal Quits NDA

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Sunday September 27, 2020

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal last night attacked the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after her party quit the alliance over controversial farm bills.

"Harsimrat's resignation Over Farm Bills Historic Stand": Parkash Singh Badal

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 19, 2020

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday described the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Union Cabinet as "bold, historic and a principled stand", and said the Akalis could never be a party to anything which harms the interests of farmers.

"Unsuccessful Drama": Sukhdev Dhindsa On Harsimrat Badal's Resignation

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 19, 2020

Dissident Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Saturday said the party stood exposed for its "double-speak" on the farm bills and asked why Harsimrat Kaur Badal did not resign as minister when the Union Cabinet cleared the bills in June.