Shiromani Akali Dal won just 3 seats in 2022 with former party chief & CM Parkash Singh Badal losing, too. His persona loomed large over SAD & his death has left a void in the party.
During his lifetime, Badal, who died Tuesday at the age of 95, was not only a witness to but an active participant in the most important events in history of post-partition Punjab.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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