Harsimrat Kaur Badal | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 13 May 2009 | |
Preceded by | Paramjit Kaur Gulshan |
Constituency | Bathinda |
Minister for Food Processing Industries | |
In office 26 May 2014 – 17 September 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Krishna Tirath |
Succeeded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
Personal details | |
Born | New Delhi, India | 25 July 1966
Political party | Shiromani Akali Dal |
Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance (1998-2020) |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Parkash Singh Badal (father-in-law) Bikram Singh Majithia (brother) Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia (grandfather) Majithia Sirdars |
Residence | Chandigarh |
Profession | Politician |
Website | harsimratkaurbadal |
Harsimrat Kaur Badal (born 25 July 1966) is an Indian politician and a former Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India[1] and Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Bathinda. She is a member of Shiromani Akali Dal Party.[2] Her husband Sukhbir Singh Badal is former deputy chief minister of Punjab and the president of Shiromani Akali Dal.[3] She resigned from the cabinet on 17 September 2020 to protest against few farmer related ordinances and legislation.[4]
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