Shiromani Akali Dal

"Take Minorities Along": BJP Ally Tells Government Amid Anti-CAA Protests

India News | Written by Mohammad Ghazali | Friday February 14, 2020

With protests across the country over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, that critics say discriminates against Muslims, BJP ally and Shiromani Akali Dal veteran Parkash Singh Badal today said that a government must not take sides based on religion and called for unity among all religious communities.

Akali Tweets Report To Target Amarinder Singh. Turns Out It's Pak Punjab

India News | Written by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday February 8, 2020

Hours after Prime Minister Modi was criticised for quoting a "satirical website", BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal was caught sharing a news link that referred to Pakistan's Punjab province in a Twitter attack on Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh

Shiromani Akali Dal Accepts Demand To Expel Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Son

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 4, 2020

The SAD core committee has accepted party workers' demand to expel senior Akali leader Sukhdev Singh Dhinda and his Parminder Singh Dhindsa from the outfit, said former minister Daljit Singh Cheema here on Monday.

"Misunderstandings" Resolved, Akali Dal To Support BJP In Delhi Polls

India News | Reported By Akhilesh Sharma, Edited By Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday January 29, 2020

After weeks of hedging its bets on the Delhi assembly polls, the Shiromani Akali Dal has finally come around to renewing its electoral alliance with the BJP with a declaration that certain "misunderstandings" between the two parties have been amicably resolved.

Sukhbir Badal Denies Reports His Party Won't Contest Punjab Polls With BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 27, 2020

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday indicated that the alliance with the BJP was in place in Punjab, days after its ally decided to contest the Delhi elections alone.

Akalis Won't Fight Delhi Polls Over Differences With BJP Over CAA

India News | Written by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday January 20, 2020

The Shiromani Akali Dal, a member of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance at the centre, will not contest Delhi Assembly polls, the party said today, after disagreements over seat-sharing and its stand on the citizenship law and NRC

Strong In Numbers, Punjab And Haryana Governments Face Internal Threats

India News | Written by Mohammad Ghazali | Thursday January 16, 2020

Haryana and Punjab may be ruled by different parties, but they are both busy dousing internal fires emerging from discontent in their ranks.

Akalis, Quit NDA: Amarinder Singh On Akal Takht's "Sikhs Not Safe" Remark

India News | Written by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Tuesday January 7, 2020

A day after the chief of the Akal Takht, a Sikh religious body, said Sikhs in India and Pakistan felt unsafe, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has demanded the Shiromani Akali Dal sever all ties with the BJP-led central government

Cannot Tolerate Attack On Nankana Sahib: Sukhbir Badal

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 4, 2020

Condemning an alleged mob attack on the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said such incidents could not be tolerated and demanded that the Pakistani government should be the needful at the earliest.

Protest Outside Pakistan High Commission In Delhi Over Attack On Nankana Sahib Gurdwara

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Saturday January 4, 2020

Workers and leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal gathered outside the Pakistan High Commission in central Delhi today in protest against a mob attack on a gurdwara in the neighbouring country. Members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee that oversees gurdwara affairs also participated in the protest. Group of Congress and BJP workers that...

SAD Chief To Meet PM, Amit Shah On Khalistan Terrorist's Death Sentence

India News | Written By Mohammed Ghazali, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Saturday January 4, 2020

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal on Friday met the family of Khalistani terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh and said he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on the issue.

Amarinder Singh Attacks Akalis Over "Dual Standards" On Citizenship Law

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 26, 2019

Hitting out at BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for its "double standards" on the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today asked the party to clarify its stand on support to the ruling party.

Watch: AAP Leader Loses His Cool Over A Reporter's Question

India News | ANI | Wednesday December 25, 2019

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann lost his cool on a journalist on Tuesday while holding a press conference in Chandigarh. Bhagwant Mann got angry when a journalist questioned Aam Aadmi Party's visibility in the state and said that it seems the Shiromani Akali Dal is the main Opposition in Punjab.

"Bulk Of NDA Allies Are Unhappy": Akali Dal Leader's Warning To BJP

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday December 25, 2019

Several parties in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are unhappy with the way they have been treated, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Naresh Gujral told NDTV on Tuesday, adding that his party, could rethink its support of the BJP at the centre.

"Against NRC, Muslims Must Be In Citizenship Law": BJP Ally Akali Dal

India News | Reported By Nidhi Razdan, Edited By Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday December 25, 2019

The Shiromani Akali Dal is "totally against the NRC" and wants Muslims to be included in the list of refugees seeking citizenship under the citizenship law, party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral told NDTV today