Sukhbir Singh Badal (born 9 July 1962) is an Indian politician and businessman who served twice as the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and is currently the president of Shiromani Akali Dal, and was a member of Parliament from the Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency.

[3] Sukhbir Singh Badal was born on 9 July 1962 in a Dhillon Jatt Sikh family in the city Faridkot, Punjab.

[16] Badal defeated Bhagwant Mann of Aam Aadmi Party and Ravneet Singh Bittu of Indian Natioanal Congress in 2017 Assembly Elections.

[18] In 2019, he was elected as Member Parliament of Ferozpur Lok Sabha Constituency by defeating Sher Singh Ghubaya of INC by securing more than 600,000 votes on 23 May 2019.

Badal contested from the Jalalabad Assembly constituency and lost the election to Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy of Aam Aadmi Party.

[27][28][29] In October 2023 he was detained over the Sutlej Yamuna link canal issue, he protested against Bhagwant Mann who wanted to give Punjab's water to other states against the people's will.

[30] Every year since 1999, Sukhbir Singh Badal protested against the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots and for the Indian Government to give justice for the victims.

[31] In 2015, Badal had protested against the Indian Government over the keeping of Sikh prisoners in jail, including the assassins of Chief Minister Beant Singh.

[35] Like his father, Badal vehemently opposed the construction of the Sutlej Yamuna link canal and always supported the farmers of Punjab on the issue.

[36][37] In late 2023 he made a public apology to all Sikhs in front of the Akal Takht declaring that he would imprison the culprits if the Shiromani Akali Dal ever came to power in Punjab.

[39][36] In April 2015, a teenage girl died and her mother was seriously injured when they were molested and thrown from a running bus near Gil village in Moga district.

[44] The Badal family has also been accused of shifting the focus of the Shiromani Akali Dal from Panth to Punjab and hence destroying the old party of Master Tara Singh.

[46] While Sukhbir had announced his support for the NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu during the Presidential poll, Ayali's party had boycotted the election.

[47] The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the Akal Takht also assumed an autonomous role while dealing with the Akali Dal; often the Jathedar slammed the party for going from working for farmers and labourers to capitalists.

[54][55] Badal and his family are also major stakeholders in Orbit Aviation, Dabwali Transport, Indo-Canadian Transport Company, Metro Eco Green Resorts, Saanjh Foundation, Falcon Properties, Punjab Animal Breeders, Gurbaz Media, G-Next Media, Rajdhani Express, Azad Hoshiarpur, Taj Travels, PTC Group and Orbit Resorts.

[61] “Out of the 84 luxury bus permits operating in Punjab, at least 52 are with transport companies patronised by the Badals.”[61] A new cable distribution network—Fastway Transmission Private Ltd— usurped the main three networks Hathway (belonging to Mumbai’s Rahejas), Zee’s Wires & Wireless India Ltd, and Digicable.

[61] It is unproven but alleged that Badal also indirectly owners a share in parking lots and night clubs in New York, and multiple large farms in the United States of America.