Sukhbir Singh Badal resigns as Akali Dal chief

Sukhbir Singh Badal resigned as the Shiromani Akali Dal president, party leader Daljit S Cheema said on Saturday. Cheema took to X to announced that Badal submitted his resignation to the working Committee of the party on Saturday. A new SAD president will now be elected.

“The SAD President S Sukhbir Singh Badal submitted his resignation to the working Committee of the party today to pave the way for the election of new President,” Cheema said in a post on X.

Cheema said Sukhbir Singh Badal “thanked all the party leaders and workers for expressing confidence in his leadership and extending wholehearted support and cooperation throughout the tenure.”