Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Harsimrat Kaur calls Sukhbir Badal attack a well-planned conspiracy
Sukhbir Singh Badal is the leader of a political party in India called the Shiromani Akali Dal.
Someone hurt him with a special knife called a kirpan inside a Sikh temple, called a gurdwara, near a town named Nanded.
Badal was hurt on his right hand.
The person who did it was a member of a group called the Nihang order, and the police caught him.
Badal was discharged from the hospital in Nanded and taken to another hospital in Gurugram for an operation.
Badal's wife, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, is a member of Parliament and a former Union minister.
She said the attack was part of a well-planned political conspiracy and was the second attack on Badal in two years.
She said the person who attacked him cannot be called a Sikh.
She spoke about this at a memorial event for Karnail Singh Isru in a village in Punjab.
Sukhbir Singh Badal, chief of the Shiromani Akali Dal, was attacked with a 'kirpan' by a member of the Nihang order inside a gurdwara on the outskirts of Nanded, Maharashtra, on Thursday.
Badal sustained injuries to his right hand in the attack, and the attacker was later arrested.
SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal called the attack a "well-planned political conspiracy" and said whoever was behind it could not be called a Sikh.
Kaur said this was the second attack on Badal in two years; he had escaped an attempt on his life at the Golden Temple entrance in December 2024.
Badal was discharged from the Nanded hospital on Friday and admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram for surgery.
- Who
- Sukhbir Singh Badal, chief of the Shiromani Akali Dal, who was attacked; his wife and SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who termed the attack a conspiracy; the attacker, a Nihang order member who was arrested
- What
- An attack with a 'kirpan' inside a gurdwara that injured Badal's right hand; Harsimrat Kaur Badal called it a "well-planned political conspiracy"
- When
- Thursday for the attack; Friday for Badal's discharge from the Nanded hospital; Saturday for Harsimrat Kaur Badal's remarks
- Where
- A gurdwara on the outskirts of Nanded, Maharashtra; the remarks were made at a conference in memory of Karnail Singh Isru of the Goa Liberation Movement at Isru village, Khanna, Punjab; Badal was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram
- Why
- Per Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the attack was part of a well-planned political conspiracy, hatched since 2015, to disrupt peace in Punjab; no other motive is stated in the articles
- Victim
- Sukhbir Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal chief
- Injuries
- Right hand
- Weapon
- Kirpan (ceremonial dagger)
- Attacker
- Member of the Nihang order, arrested
- Location
- Gurdwara on the outskirts of Nanded, Maharashtra
- Date of attack
- Thursday
- Allegation
- Well-planned political conspiracy (per Harsimrat Kaur Badal)
- Medical care
- Discharged from Nanded hospital Friday; admitted to Medanta Hospital, Gurugram for surgery
