Begowal (Kapurthala), November 15, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) received a significant political boost in the Doaba region on Sunday as senior leader and former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur rejoined the party along with her supporters.
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal formally re-inducted Bibi Jagir Kaur at a gathering in Begowal and appointed her as the party’s Halqa In-charge for the Bholath Assembly constituency.
Welcoming her return, Badal described Bholath as a Panthic constituency and a stronghold of the Sikh community. He said it was encouraging that Bibi Jagir Kaur had returned to the SAD with her entire team.
He also appealed to Akali leaders who had left the party to return to what he called the ‘Panth di jathebandi’, urging them to unite to remove the enemies of the Panth from Punjab. Badal asked Bibi Jagir Kaur to take all sections of the party along and appealed to voters to ensure her victory in the forthcoming Assembly elections.
Targeting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, the SAD president said Punjab was facing a serious crisis due to the drug menace and gangster culture. He alleged that AAP leaders and MLAs were providing protection to drug traffickers in return for monthly payments.
Badal contrasted the present situation with the tenure of former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, crediting his government with introducing several welfare initiatives, including the Atta-Dal, Shagun, old-age pension and SC scholarship schemes. He accused both the Congress and AAP of failing to deliver for Punjab and promised to restore welfare schemes that had allegedly been discontinued or diluted by the current government.
Appealing to voters to defeat the AAP and Congress, Badal said Punjab needed a government capable of ensuring development, maintaining law and order and safeguarding the future of its younger generation. He claimed that an SAD government would eliminate gangster activity from the state within three months of assuming office.
Speaking to journalists later, Badal said AAP leaders involved in corruption would be held accountable. He also criticised the state government’s decision to award a contract for buses under the Teerath Yatra scheme to a Delhi-based contractor, alleging that condemned buses were being used and describing the arrangement as a criminal act.
Bibi Jagir Kaur, in her address, said major development works in Bholath, including the creation of a sub-division and a sewerage project worth Rs 72 crore, had been undertaken during SAD rule. Acknowledging mistakes in the past, she pledged to work wholeheartedly towards bringing the SAD back to power under Sukhbir Singh Badal’s leadership.
Rajneet Kaur, Yuvraj Bhupinder Singh, Satpal Singh Multani, Surinderpal Singh Thekedar and Arwinder Singh Rasoolpur were also present at the gathering.
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