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.
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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