Shiromani Akali Dal

For other uses, see Shiromani Akali Dal (disambiguation).

Shiromani Akali Dal
PresidentBalwinder Singh Bhunder
Lok Sabha LeaderHarsimrat Kaur Badal
Founded14 December 1920 (103 years ago) (1920-12-14)
HeadquartersBlock #6, Madhya Marg
Sector 28, Chandigarh
NewspaperAkali Awaaz
Student wingStudent Organisation of India[1]
Youth wingYouth Akali Dal
Women's wingIstri Akali Dal[2]
Labour wingShiromani Akali Dal SC wing[3]
Peasant's wingShiromani Akali Dal BC wing[4]
IdeologyConservatism[5][6]
Punjabiyat[7][8][9][10]
Punjabi nationalism[11][12]
Federalism[13][14]
Political positionCentre-right[15][16] to right-wing[17]
Colours  Navy Blue & Saffron
ECI StatusState Party[18]
AllianceSAD+BSP (2021-2023)
SAD+INLD (2021-Present) National Democratic Alliance (1998–2020)
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly
2 / 117
Election symbol
Weighing Balance
Website
www.shiromaniakalidal.com

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: Supreme Eternal Party[19]) is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920.[20][21][22] Although there are many parties with the description Akali Dal, the party that is recognized as "Shiromani Akali Dal" by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Sukhbir Singh Badal. The party has a moderate Punjabi agenda.[23] On 26 September 2020, it left the National Democratic Alliance over the farm bills.[24]

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  20. ^ S., Saizel (14 January 2019). "Shiromani Akali Dal, the second oldest party of India, has made the biggest sacrifices: Sukhbir Badal". PTC News. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  21. ^ "Glorious past, but Shiromani Akali Dal faces serious crisis of identity, popularity & credibility". The Times of India. 14 December 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  22. ^ D'Souza, Shanthie Mariet (9 April 2014). "Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)". Britannica. Retrieved 14 July 2023. The precursor to the present-day SAD was an organization established in December 1920 to help guide the quasi-militant Akali movement of the early 1920s, in which Sikhs demanded and (through the Sikh Gurdwara Act of 1925) won from the ruling British authorities in India control over the gurdwaras (Sikh houses of worship). The present-day SAD, which has claimed to be the oldest regional political party in India, has also controlled Sikh religious institutions such as the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and, more recently, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee.
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