The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working committee’s Friday decision to accept the resignation tendered by Sukhbir Singh Badal in November last year marks the end of an unchallenged legacy of the Badals at the helm of party affairs spanning nearly three decades. Parkash Singh Badal took the reins of the party in 1996. ... read full story
"But the party kept postponing it as if people would forget. As the opposition (within the party) grew stronger and now when the pressure has been mounted from all sides he has resigned,"