The attack took place when Sukhbir Singh Badal was serving his punishment given by Akal Takht near the entrance of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
An alert Punjab Police ASI, Jasbir Singh, in plainclothes, pounced upon the assailant Narain Singh Chaura when he pulled out a 9 mm pistol from his pocket. The assailant fired but missed his target. He was arrested on the spot.
In a shocking development, a man opened fire at Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at the entrance of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The person was overpowered by people present on the spot and nabbed.
Sukhbir Singh Badal attacked: The attacker has been identified as Narayan Singh Chaudhary who is allegedly a member of Dal Khalsa and was arrested under UAPA in 2013.
A man identified as Narayan Singh Chaura opened fire at Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal. Badal narrowly escaped the attack as people present on site overpowered him. Badal was at the Golden temple to serve the religious punishment.
Before the pronouncement of the edict, Sukhbir Singh Badal admitted the mistakes, including pardoning Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a 2007 blasphemy case during the SAD rule in Punjab.
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On November 16, Sukhbir Singh Badal resigned from the post of SAD president, paving the way for the election of the new party chief. After Badal was declared 'tankhaiya', he kept himself away from political and social engagements.
Sukhbir Singh Badal announced his resignation from the presidency of the Shiromani Akali Dal, a position he held since 2008. This move signals potential restructuring within the party as it grapples with the task of reviving its influence in Punjab politics.
The merger of Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has come ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, which are due in few weeks.
Sukhbir Singh Badal has appealed to all those who have left Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to return to the party to put up a united fight against enemies of the Panth and Punjab.
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The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had pulled out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in November 2020 over the contentious now-repealed farm laws.
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A bench headed by Justice MR Shah has earlier kept its order reserved after hearing the submission of all the parties connected to the matter.
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This comes after SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said that he didn't want to speak for some time and wanted to give a free rein to the new government, but Bhagwant Mann's actions were intolerable today.
Punjab Election Result: The eldest Badal, who won the seat five times in a row since 1997, lost to Gurmeet Khuddian from Lambi by 11,357 votes, while his son and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief and Member of Parliament Sukhbir Badal faced humiliating defeat from Jalalabad, and his son-in-law Adesh Partap Singh Kairon faced defeat from Patti in Tarn Taran district from AAP's Laljit Singh Bhullar.
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