Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Badal Warns Forces Seeking to Destabilize Punjab
Sukhbir Singh Badal is the leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal, a political party in Punjab.
He recently survived an attack at a gurdwara in Nanded, Maharashtra.
The attacker hurt Badal’s right hand with a ceremonial dagger called a kirpan.
The attacker was later arrested.
Badal visited a Sikh religious site in Bathinda to give thanks for being saved.
He warned that some forces want to create trouble and disturb peace in Punjab.
He also said these forces want to weaken Sikh leadership in the state.
Badal said his party has a long history of supporting Punjab, farmers, poor people and the Khalsa Panth.
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal made his first public appearance after being attacked in Nanded, Maharashtra.
Badal said Punjab faces forces seeking to disturb peace and foment trouble.
He alleged that some forces want to eliminate Punjab’s Sikh leadership.
He visited Takht Damdama Sahib in Bathinda to offer thanks for surviving the attack.
Badal said the 105-year-old SAD represents Punjab, the Panth, farmers and the poor.
- Who
- Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal.
- What
- Badal warned that forces were trying to disturb Punjab’s peace and eliminate its Sikh leadership.
- When
- Tuesday; he was making his first public appearance after the August 13 attack.
- Where
- Badal spoke after visiting Takht Damdama Sahib in Bathinda, Punjab; the attack occurred in Nanded, Maharashtra.
- Why
- He said the warning was necessary to protect Punjab from renewed unrest and to preserve its Sikh leadership.
- Speaker
- Sukhbir Singh Badal, chief of the Shiromani Akali Dal
- Attack date
- August 13
- Attack location
- A gurdwara on the outskirts of Nanded, Maharashtra
- Injury
- Badal sustained injuries to his right hand
- Weapon
- A kirpan, described as a ceremonial dagger
- Religious site visited
- Takht Damdama Sahib in Bathinda
- Party history
- Badal described the SAD as a 105-year-old party