Parkash Singh Badal cremated at ancestral village; leaders all through political spectrum pay respects

By PTI

BADAL: Akali stalwart Parkash Singh Badal was cremated with full state honours at his ancestral village in Punjab’s Muktsar district on Thursday with a whole bunch of mourners and leaders all through the political spectrum paying their last respects to the five-time chief minister.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal lit the funeral pyre at a specific platform erected for the ultimate rites.

Badal’s mortal stays had been taken to the family’s farmland, spherical a kilometre from his residence, on a flower-decked tractor-trolley alongside together with his son Sukhbir Singh Badal and completely different relations standing with folded fingers as a result of the automotive moved earlier the mourners on the route.

Overcome by emotions, Sukhbir Badal and his sister Parneet Kaur Kairon broke down sooner than the physique was consigned to flames.

Badal died at a personal hospital in Mohali on Tuesday, 9 days after being admitted there with respiration points.

People from all walks of life along with politicians and religious leaders turned up on the village to pay tribute to the chief whose political occupation began seven a few years previously when he turned the sarpanch of Badal panchayat.

BJP president J P Nadda, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and National Conference’s Omar Abdullah visited Badal village to pay their last respects.

Paid homage to Shri Parkash Singh Badal Ji. His passing away is a personal loss to me and is basically the highest of an interval.

He was a statesman who spent his full life for the explanation for peace, harmony, and welfare of the poor. He leaves behind an inspiring legacy for leaders of within the current day. pic.twitter.com/liY2X4qwE8

— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) April 27, 2023

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had been moreover among the many many mourners. Heavy security preparations had been made inside the village in view of the visits by the political leaders.

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, senior BJP chief Tarun Chugh, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, and former union minister Praful Patel moreover paid homage to the earlier chief minister.

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress chief Deepender Hooda, Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and former Punjab minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa moreover attended the ultimate rites.

In the morning, the mortal stays had been saved for the ultimate ‘darshan’ at his residence.

People in huge numbers queued up there to pay tribute and categorical grief. Sukhbir Badal and his partner Harsimrat Kaur Badal could very nicely be seen in tears as of us visited their residence and provided them condolences. Their two daughters and a son moreover stood beside the mortal stays.

Attended the ultimate rites of S. Parkash Singh Badal ji at Badal village within the current day. Prayed to Waheguru ji to rest the departed soul in peace and grant vitality to the bereaved relations @officeofssbadal to bear the ache of the irreparable loss. pic.twitter.com/EcZd9dEUwE

— Amarinder Singh Raja Warring (@RajaBrar_INC) April 27, 2023

Former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Parkash Singh Badal’s estranged nephew and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia had been moreover present amongst completely different leaders.

The grand earlier man of Punjab politics first turned chief minister in 1970, heading a coalition authorities that did not full its time interval.

He served as chief minister in 1977-80, 1997-2002, 2007-12 and 2012-2017. He turned MLA 11 events, shedding an election for the state assembly solely twice.

In 1977, he joined Morarji Desai’s authorities briefly as a result of the Agriculture minister on the Centre.

In 2008, Badal handed over the reins of the SAD, which he had headed from 1995, to son Sukhbir Singh Badal, who moreover turned the deputy chief minister beneath him.

Born on December 8, 1927, in Abul Khurana near Malout, Badal graduated from Forman Christian College in Lahore. He entered the state assembly from Malout in 1957 as a result of the Congress nominee.

In 1969, he obtained the Gidderbaha assembly seat on the SAD ticket. Badal’s partner Surinder Kaur Badal died of most cancers in 2011. They had two kids – Sukhbir Singh Badal, the heir to his political legacy, and Parneet Kaur, who’s married to former minister Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon.

SAD chief Sukhbir Badal’s partner is Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

BADAL: Akali stalwart Parkash Singh Badal was cremated with full state honours at his ancestral village in Punjab’s Muktsar district on Thursday with a whole bunch of mourners and leaders all through the political spectrum paying their last respects to the five-time chief minister.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal lit the funeral pyre at a specific platform erected for the ultimate rites.

Badal’s mortal stays had been taken to the family’s farmland, spherical a kilometre from his residence, on a flower-decked tractor-trolley alongside together with his son Sukhbir Singh Badal and completely different relations standing with folded fingers as a result of the automotive moved earlier the mourners on the route.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Overcome by emotions, Sukhbir Badal and his sister Parneet Kaur Kairon broke down sooner than the physique was consigned to flames.

Badal died at a personal hospital in Mohali on Tuesday, 9 days after being admitted there with respiration points.

People from all walks of life along with politicians and religious leaders turned up on the village to pay tribute to the chief whose political occupation began seven a few years previously when he turned the sarpanch of Badal panchayat.

BJP president J P Nadda, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and National Conference’s Omar Abdullah visited Badal village to pay their last respects.

Paid homage to Shri Parkash Singh Badal Ji. His passing away is a personal loss to me and is basically the highest of an interval.
He was a statesman who spent his full life for the explanation for peace, harmony, and welfare of the poor. He leaves behind an inspiring legacy for leaders of within the current day. pic.twitter.com/liY2X4qwE8
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) April 27, 2023
Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had been moreover among the many many mourners. Heavy security preparations had been made inside the village in view of the visits by the political leaders.

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, senior BJP chief Tarun Chugh, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, and former union minister Praful Patel moreover paid homage to the earlier chief minister.

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress chief Deepender Hooda, Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and former Punjab minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa moreover attended the ultimate rites.

In the morning, the mortal stays had been saved for the ultimate ‘darshan’ at his residence.

People in huge numbers queued up there to pay tribute and categorical grief. Sukhbir Badal and his partner Harsimrat Kaur Badal could very nicely be seen in tears as of us visited their residence and provided them condolences. Their two daughters and a son moreover stood beside the mortal stays.

Attended the ultimate rites of S. Parkash Singh Badal ji at Badal village within the current day. Prayed to Waheguru ji to rest the departed soul in peace and grant vitality to the bereaved relations @officeofssbadal to bear the ache of the irreparable loss. pic.twitter.com/EcZd9dEUwE
— Amarinder Singh Raja Warring (@RajaBrar_INC) April 27, 2023
Former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Parkash Singh Badal’s estranged nephew and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia had been moreover present amongst completely different leaders.

The grand earlier man of Punjab politics first turned chief minister in 1970, heading a coalition authorities that did not full its time interval.

He served as chief minister in 1977-80, 1997-2002, 2007-12 and 2012-2017. He turned MLA 11 events, shedding an election for the state assembly solely twice.

In 1977, he joined Morarji Desai’s authorities briefly as a result of the Agriculture minister on the Centre.

In 2008, Badal handed over the reins of the SAD, which he had headed from 1995, to son Sukhbir Singh Badal, who moreover turned the deputy chief minister beneath him.

Born on December 8, 1927, in Abul Khurana near Malout, Badal graduated from Forman Christian College in Lahore. He entered the state assembly from Malout in 1957 as a result of the Congress nominee.

In 1969, he obtained the Gidderbaha assembly seat on the SAD ticket. Badal’s partner Surinder Kaur Badal died of most cancers in 2011. They had two kids – Sukhbir Singh Badal, the heir to his political legacy, and Parneet Kaur, who’s married to former minister Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon.

SAD chief Sukhbir Badal’s partner is Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal.