Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Harsimrat Kaur Badal (born 25 July 1966) is an Indian politician and a former Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India[1] and Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Bathinda. She is a member of Shiromani Akali Dal Party.[2] Her husband Sukhbir Singh Badal is former deputy chief minister of Punjab and the president of Shiromani Akali Dal.[3] She resigned from the cabinet on 17 September 2020 to protest against few farmer related ordinances and legislation.[4]

Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Minister for Food Processing Industries
In office
26 May 2014 – 17 September 2020
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byKrishna Tirath
Succeeded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
13 May 2009
Preceded byParamjit Kaur Gulshan
ConstituencyBathinda
Personal details
Born (1966-07-25) 25 July 1966
New Delhi, India
Political partyShiromani Akali Dal
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1991)​
Children3
RelativesParkash Singh Badal (father-in-law)
Bikram Singh Majithia (brother)
ResidenceChandigarh
ProfessionPolitician
Websiteharsimratkaurbadal.online

Personal life

Badal was born on 25 July 1966 to Satyajit and Sukhmanjus Majithia in Delhi. She is a matriculate and holds a diploma in textile design.[5] She married Sukhbir Singh Badal on 21 November 1991,.[6] The couple have two daughters and a son. Her brother Bikram Singh Majithia is an Akali MLA from Majitha[6] and an ex minister in the Punjab state government led by her father-in-law Parkash Singh Badal.

Early life and education

Badal is born into a family that traces its roots to Attar Singh Majithia, a prominent general in Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army. Born and brought up in New Delhi, Badal did her schooling from Loreto Convent School, New Delhi. She later entered into the field of textile designing and pursued a three-year course in textile design.

Political career

Badal started her political career with the 2009 Indian general election. She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Bathinda constituency after defeating Indian National Congress candidate Raninder Singh by 120,960 votes.[2] Her first speech was on 3 December 2009, where she expressed her concern about the victims and survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. She was part of a project named "Nanhi Chhan" to save girl child and trees.[7] Badal has been re-elected as an MP from Bathinda in 2014 having defeated Indian National Congress-People's Party of Punjab joint candidate, Manpreet Singh Badal. For this, she has been appointed in the Modi government as State Minister for Food Processing. She got elected for 3rd time in a row from Bathinda in 2019 Lok Sabha election. She defeated the Congress candidate Amrinder Singh Raja Warring in a close fight with around 21,000 votes.

In May 2019, she continued her Ministry of Food Processing Industries.[8]

She resigned from the cabinet on 17 September 2020 to protest against the new farm bills passed by the government.[4]

See also

References
  1. HT Correspondent (26 May 2014). "Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal sworn in as food processing minister". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014.
  2. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results (2009)." Electoral Commission of India, 2009. Page 112. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  3. "Politically Famous Better Halves: Sonia Gandhi, Poonam Sinha & Dimple Yadav". The Economic Times. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. PTI (18 September 2020). "Harsimrat Kaur Badal quits Modi govt to protest farm bills - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?", The Economic Times, 10 July 2016
  6. "15th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile Archived 20 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine" Government of India, 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  7. "Harsimrat Badal launches fifth phase of Nanhi Jaan project". Punjab Newsline. Punjab, India. 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  8. "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers". Mint. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Paramjit Kaur Gulshan		 Member of Parliament
for Bathinda
2009 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Charan Das Mahant
As Minister of State		 Minister of Food Processing Industries
26 May 2014 – 17 September 2020		 Succeeded by
Narendra Singh Tomar

Official website of Harsimrat Badal

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