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Senior Akali leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa is no more
BY Connect Newsroom, May 28, 2025 4:44 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
He was honored with the Padma Bhushan award in 2019. Dhindsa has had a long political journey with the late Parkash Singh Badal.(Photo: Twiter/Dr Daljit S Cheema)
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, one of the stalwart leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal, has passed away. He was 89 years old. According to the information received, he had been ill for some time and was undergoing treatment in a hospital in Mohali, where he breathed his last today.
He was honored with the Padma Bhushan award in 2019. Dhindsa has had a long political journey with the late Parkash Singh Badal. He entered the Punjab Vidhan Sabha after winning the election as an independent candidate in 1972, after which he joined the Shiromani Akali Dal under the leadership of Harchand Singh Longowal.
He was also a Rajya Sabha member from 1998 to 2004 and was a cabinet minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 2000 to 2004.
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