Manpreet Singh Badal (born 26 July 1962) is an Indian politician from the

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

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on 18 January 2023 and joined the BJP the 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 (8 December 1927 – 25 April 2023) was an Indian politician and Sikh rights advocate who served as the 8th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017, the longes ...

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.

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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Political career

Shiromani Akali Dal

He was elected to the

in May 1995 on an

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ticket from

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. 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 People's Party of Punjab. In the 2012 Punjab elections, his party formed political alliance with CPI, CPM and

Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) was a splinter group of the Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). The party was launched in 2004 with Surjit Kaur Barnala (wife of SAD leader Surjit Singh Barnala) as its president. Prem Singh Chandum ...

with Badal as their candidate for the office of chief minister. He contested the elections from the

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

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by 18,480 votes in the Punjab assembly elections held in March 2017. In the

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he lost the seat to

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by 63,581 votes which is the highest margin lost by any candidate in entire Punjab elections of 2022br>[23
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on 18 January 2023.

Bhartiya Janata Party

After, he quit the Indian National Congress Manpreet Singh Badal joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on 19 January 2023.

Family

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Badal, Manpreet Singh Living people Finance ministers of Punjab, India Punjab, India MLAs 1992–1997 Punjab, India MLAs 1997–2002 Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007 Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012 The Doon School alumni St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni Alumni of the University of London 1962 births Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India Former members of Shiromani Akali Dal Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab