Badal announces 97-member working panel

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday released a list of the party’s working committee members, which includes educationists and experts on Sikh affairs.

The working committee of the party will have 97 members. Additionally, 20 senior leaders have been included as special invitees. For the first time, 16 senior women leaders have been inducted into the party’s highest decision-making body. The committee also includes several young leaders.

Baldev Singh Khehra, senior leader from Phillaur, Tajinder Singh Sanghreri, a senior leader from Sangrur, and Principal Ranjit Singh from Ludhiana have also been named as special invitees. With this, the total number of special invitees comes to 22.

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