Kapurthala, November 13, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president and former Punjab Cabinet Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur is set to rejoin the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday, November 15, in the presence of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
The event, earlier scheduled for Friday, November 13, has been postponed by two days.
In a social media post, Jagir Kaur announced that Sukhbir Singh Badal would visit Gurdwara Sant Baba Prem Singh Murale Wale at Begowal on Sunday, where she would formally return to the party.
Jagir Kaur was among several senior Akali leaders who had parted ways with the SAD leadership following differences with Sukhbir Singh Badal. She subsequently aligned herself with the rebel Akali faction that formed Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit).
The dissident leaders had demanded Sukhbir Badal’s resignation as party president amid the controversy surrounding his admission of religious misconduct before Sri Akal Takht Sahib.
Return of Senior Akali Leaders
Jagir Kaur’s proposed return comes amid a series of political realignments involving senior leaders who had earlier distanced themselves from the SAD leadership.
Veteran leaders Sikander Singh Maluka and Iqbal Singh Jhoonda were among those who left the Punar Surjit faction and returned to the SAD fold.
Another prominent leader associated with SAD (Punar Surjit), former Punjab Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra, subsequently joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
More recently, former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra and his son Harinder Singh Chandumajra rejoined the Shiromani Akali Dal, citing the need for Panthic unity.
Jagir Kaur’s return would mark another significant development in the ongoing regrouping of Akali leaders ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.
These developments have also coincided with political speculation about a possible revival of the electoral alliance between the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). However, no formal announcement of such an alliance has been made.
Jagir Kaur has a longstanding political association with the Begowal-Bholath area of Kapurthala district. The Bholath Assembly constituency is currently represented by Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira.
Her formal re-entry into SAD on Sunday would bring another prominent former dissident leader back into the party’s organisational fold.
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