Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Minister for Food Processing Industries
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 17 September 2020
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Krishna Tirath
Succeeded by	Narendra Singh Tomar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 May 2009
Preceded by	Paramjit Kaur Gulshan
Constituency	Bathinda
Personal details
Born	25 July 1966 (age 57); New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Shiromani Akali Dal
Spouse(s)	Sukhbir Singh Badal (m. 1991)
Children	3
Relatives	Parkash Singh Badal (father-in-law) ; Bikram Singh Majithia (brother)
Residence	Chandigarh
Profession	Politician
Website	harsimratkaurbadal.online

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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]

Personal life[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

↑ 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.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Constituency Wise Detailed Results (2009)." Electoral Commission of India, 2009. Page 112. Retrieved 30 October 2011.^{[dead link]}
↑ "Politically Famous Better Halves: Sonia Gandhi, Poonam Sinha & Dimple Yadav". The Economic Times. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 PTI (18 September 2020). "Harsimrat Kaur Badal quits Modi govt to protest farm bills". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
↑ Layak, Suman (10 July 2016). "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "15th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile Archived 20 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine" Government of India, 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
↑ "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.
↑ "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

External links[edit]

Official website of Harsimrat Badal

[HTstaff2014-1] 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.

[ECI-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Constituency Wise Detailed Results (2009)." Electoral Commission of India, 2009. Page 112. Retrieved 30 October 2011.^{[dead link]}

[3] "Politically Famous Better Halves: Sonia Gandhi, Poonam Sinha & Dimple Yadav". The Economic Times. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[resignation2020-4] 4.0 ^4.1 PTI (18 September 2020). "Harsimrat Kaur Badal quits Modi govt to protest farm bills". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

[5] Layak, Suman (10 July 2016). "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[lssbio-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "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.

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v t e Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Punjab State
GE 2014	Amarinder Singh Prem Singh Chandumajra Harsimrat Kaur Badal Sadhu Singh Harinder Singh Khalsa Sher Singh Ghubaya Vinod Khanna Vijay Sampla Santokh Singh Choudhary Ranjit Singh Brahmpura Ravneet Singh Bhagwant Mann Dharamvir Gandhi
Bye-elections 2017	Gurjeet Singh Aujla Pre-bye poll: Amarinder Singh - resigned
15th LS members 17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY

v t e Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from Punjab
GE 2019	Amar Singh Bhagwant Mann Gurjeet Singh Aujla Harsimrat Kaur Badal Jasbir Singh Gill Manish Tewari Muhammad Sadiq Preneet Kaur Ravneet Singh Bittu Santokh Singh Chaudhary Som Parkash Sukhbir Singh Badal Sunny Deol
16th LS members 18th LS members Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY

Personal life[edit]

Early life and education[edit]

Political career[edit]

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