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(Party meeting presided over by Sukhbir Singh Badal also decides to complete the SAD’s organizational structure by February 10)
Chandigarh, January 24, 2026
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today announced it would hold a series of rallies from next month onwards in all assembly constituencies of the State to tell Punjabis about the historic role played by the party in the development of the State as well as its vision for the State once it formed the government in 2027.
This decision was taken at a meeting of the district presidents and constituency in-charge of the party which was presided over by its president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Giving details of the meeting, senior leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal emphasized at the meeting that successive SAD government’s had carried out unprecedented development in the State be it making the State power surplus, connecting all major cities with four lane roads, establishing new thermal plants and airports to overhauling rural infrastructure. Dr Cheema said it was a fact that both the previous Congress government and the present Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had failed to create a single new infrastructure due to which the State had suffered immensely. “We are committed to restarting a new era of development and infrastructure creation to take Punjab forward”, he added.
Asserting that the SAD would appeal to Punjabis to support their own regional party, Dr Cheema said the SAD would also launch a people’s movement against the anti-Punjab policies and decisions of the AAP government. “We also assure Punjabis that we will take the State out of the present lawlessness, ensure peace and communal harmony and bring back investment into Punjab to create jobs for our youth”.
The meeting also decided to complete the entire organizational structure by February 10. It was decided that booth level committees would be completed by then as well as the constitution of all party wings including the Youth Akali Dal, Istri Akali Dal, Scheduled Caste, Backward Caste and Trade wings. It was decided that all leaders who had played an important role in the recent Block Samiti and Zila Parishad elections should get an important role in the organizational structure.
Dr Cheema said the meeting took strong note of the manner in which Panchayats were being coerced into paying the pending bills of the Tubewell Corporation. He said the Panchayats were being ordered to pay the bills from the funds received for development of their villages from the centre. “We support all Panchayats who are resisting these illegal orders as the central funds which are earmarked for roads, sanitation, drinking water and street lighting cannot be used for paying water supply bills”.
The meeting also took note of the fraud being played on Punjabis in the name of the Sehat Bima Yojana scheme launched by the AAP government. He said the government was indulging in publicity gimmicks by making grand announcements when it did not have any money to implement the medical insurance scheme. Dr Cheema said the scheme was being used as a ploy to collect data for AAP for use in the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections.
The meeting also condemned the manner in which eight per cent non-Sikh voters had been registered for the forthcoming elections to the Patna Sahib Gurdwara Board. It also demanded an independent probe into the derogatory remarks made by Delhi AAP leader Atishi against the Guru Sahiban.
Amarjit Singh Chawla, Arshdeep Singh Kler and Bikram Singh Allahbaksh were also present on press conference .
