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Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Badal is an Shiromani Akali Dal MP

Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Press Trust of India
Last Updated : May 27 2014 | 2:13 PM IST
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Date & year of birth:
July 25, 1966
Constituency:  Bathinda, Punjab
Whether represented the constituency before: Yes
Whether held ministerial charge earlier: No

Harsimrat Kaur Badal is an MP from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s long time alliance partner the Shiromani Akali Dal. 

Badal who was born on July 25, 1966, is the wife of Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal. Re- elected from Bathinda constituency, Badal successfully defeated a four-party combine (Peoples Party of Punjab (PPP), Congress, CPI and the SAD-Longowal) led by her husband’s cousin Manpreet Badal.

Badal, the daughter-in-law of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 2009. Not only has she been married into a political family, her brother Bikram Singh Majithia, is an Akali MLA from Majitha.  

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First Published: May 25 2014 | 9:50 AM IST

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