Manpreet Singh Badal (born 26 July 1962) is an Indian politician and leader of the

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. He is the former Finance Minister of Punjab. He resigned from

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on 18th January,2023 & joined

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same day. He has been member of

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five times (1995, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2017), and has been finance minister twice. His first stint as Finance Minister was in the government led by

Parkash Singh Badal Parkash Singh Badal ( pa, ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ; born 8 December 1927) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab state from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017. He i ...

from 2007 to 2010. This was his second stint as Finance Minister. He has presented the Punjab budget a record nine times — the maximum for any minister in Punjab. He is credited to have stabilized the state finances, and his stint saw an increase in Punjab GSDP from Rs 4.71 lakh crore in 2017-18 to Rs 5.25 lakh crore registering an 11.5 per cent annual increase, while the GDP grew by 9.41 per cent to reach Rs 5,74,760 crore. The per capita income of the state went up from Rs 1.28 lakh per annum in 2016 to Rs 1.67 lakh in 2020, almost a 30 per cent increase.

Early life

Manpreet Singh Badal was born on 26 July 1962 in Muktsar. He is the son of Gurdas Singh Badal, the brother of former

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, and Harmandir Kaur Badal, who died on 19 March 2020 at the age of 84. Manpreet Singh Badal attended

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and St. Stephen's College,

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. He is fluent in English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu. He was subsequently awarded a law degree by the

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Shiromani Akali Dal

He was elected to the

in May 1995 on an

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ticket from Gidderbaha. He was re-elected from Gidderbaha constituency in 1997, 2002 and 2007. In 2007 he was made finance minister in

government. He was removed from this post following differences about debt waiver offer from the Centre with the rest of party. Subsequently, he was expelled from the

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(SAD) in October 2010.

In 2011, he formed a new political party called

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. In the 2012 Punjab elections, his party formed political alliance with CPI, CPM and Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) with Badal as their candidate for the office of chief minister. He contested the elections from the Gidderbaha and Maur constituencies, losing from both seats. On 15 January 2016 Manpreet merged his party with the

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Indian National Congress

After merging his party with the Indian National Congress, he was awarded the party ticket to contest from Bathinda Urban constituency. He won the seat defeating his rival from the Aam Aadmi Party by 18,480 votes in the Punjab assembly elections held in March 2017.Bhatinda Urban constituency Assembly election winner 2017
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Family

He is married to Vinu Badal, and he has a son and a daughter.

References

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