Bibi Jagir Kaur rejoins SAD, appointed Bholath halqa in-charge
Babushahi Bureau
Begowal (Kapurthala), November 15, 2026: Former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur rejoined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday and was appointed the party’s Halqa In-charge for the Bholath Assembly constituency by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Badal announced her appointment while addressing a gathering in Begowal, where he formally re-inducted the senior Akali leader into the party. Jagir Kaur returned to the SAD along with her team.
The SAD president appealed to Akali leaders who had left the party to return, describing it as the “Panth di jathebandi”. He urged them to unite to drive what he called the enemies of the Panth out of Punjab.
Badal also called upon Jagir Kaur to take all party workers along and appealed to voters to support her in the forthcoming Assembly elections.
Speaking about the political situation in Punjab, Badal criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over the drug menace and gangster culture. He alleged that AAP leaders and MLAs were providing protection to drug traffickers in exchange for regular payments.
He credited former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal with introducing welfare schemes such as the Atta-Dal scheme, Shagun scheme, old-age pension and scholarships for Scheduled Caste students. He said the SAD would restart welfare schemes that had been discontinued or diluted by the present government.
Badal also promised that a future SAD government would eliminate gangster activity in Punjab within three months. He criticised the state government’s decision to award a bus contract under the Teerath Yatra scheme to a Delhi-based contractor, alleging that condemned buses were being used.
Bibi Jagir Kaur, in her address, said several development projects in Bholath, including the creation of a sub-division and a sewerage project worth ₹72 crore, had been undertaken during SAD rule. She acknowledged having made mistakes in the past and said she would work to bring the SAD back to power under Sukhbir Singh Badal’s leadership.
Rajneet Kaur, Yuvraj Bhupinder Singh, Satpal Singh Multani, Surinderpal Singh Thekedar and Arwinder Singh Rasoolpur were among those present.