Major decision by Parkash Singh Badal after losing his election
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
Parkash Singh Badal, five-time former Chief Minister, 10 times MLA and one of the senior-most politicians in the country, who lost this assembly election from his stronghold Lambi constituency, has requested the newly formed Aam Adami Party (AAP) led Punjab government to not to disburse his pension in his account as he foregoes his pension for the betterment of the state.
In a tweet addressed to the Punjab government and Assembly Speaker, the SAD patriarch says whatever pension accrues to him as an ex-MLA should be spent on public welfare and in no case should be sent to him. A formal request in this regard is being sent separately, he added.
Major decision by Parkash Singh Badal after losing his election. Badal was handed a shocking defeat by Aam Aadmi Party candidate Gurmeet Singh Khundia. While Khundia got 66,313 votes, Badal received 54,917 votes.
I request @PunjabGovtIndia &hon’ble speaker that whatever pension accrues to me as ex MLA may please be used for the interests of the people of Pb (Lok hitaan vaaste). It should in no case be sent to me. Formal request in writing being sent separately- Parkash S. Badal, Former CM pic.twitter.com/ZZKBpcmw39
— Shiromani Akali Dal (@Akali_Dal_) March 17, 2022
Political Career
He started his political career in 1947. He was Sarpanch of the Village Badal and later Chairman of Block Samiti, Lambi before rising into Punjab politics. He was elected to Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 1957 for the first time from the Shiromani Akali Dal political party .He was re-elected in 1969, serving as Minister for Community Development, Panchayati Raj, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. He was Leader of Opposition in 1972, 1980 and 2002. He has been elected in Vidhan Sabha for a total of 10 times, in 1957 and in each election since 1969, except for the February 1992 election, in which he led a boycott of state elections by the Akalis. In 1997 elections he won from Lambi Assembly Constituency and has been a consecutive winner in four terms. He was a union minister in Prime Minister Morarji Desai’s government in 1977, serving as Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation.
Chief Minister of Punjab
He has served as Punjab Chief Minister for four terms, the first time in 1970 when he became the youngest chief minister of an Indian state. He completed his most recent term in March 2017.
March 17,2022
