ਹਰਸਿਮਰਤ ਕੌਰ ਬਾਦਲ
Meenakshi Sood TCT and Renu Sharma
ਹਰਸਿਮਰਤ ਕੌਰ ਬਾਦਲ
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Harsimrat Kaur Badal (born 25 July 1966) is an indian politician and a former Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India and Member of Parliament in the LokSabha
from Bathinda. She is a member of
Shiromani Akali Dal Party. Her husband
Sukhbir Singh Badal is former deputy chief
minister of Punjab and the president of
Shiromani Akali Dal. She resigned from the
cabinet on 17 September 2020 to protest against few farmer related ordinances and legislation.
Harsimrat kaur Badal was born on 25 July 1966 to Satyajit
and Sukhmanjus Majithia in Delhi. She holds a diploma in textile design She married Sukhbir Singh Badal
on 21 November 1991. The couple have
two daughters and a son. Her brother Bikram Singh Majithie is an Akall MLA from Majitha and an ex minister in the Punjab) state government led by her father-in-law Parkash Singh Badal.
Early life and education
Badal is born into a family that traces its roots to Attar Singh Majithia, a prominent general in Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army
Born and brought up in New Delhi, Badal did her schooling from Loreto Convent School, New Delhi. She later entered into the field of textile designing and pursued a three-year course in textile design.
Political career.
Badal started her political career with the 2009 Indian general election. She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Bathinda constituency after defeating Indian National Congress candidate Raninder Singh -by 120,960 votes. Her first speech was on
3 December 2009, where she expressed her concern about the victims and survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. She was part of a project named “Nanhi Chhan’ to save girl child and trees Badal has been re-elected as an MP from Bathinda in 2014 having defeated Indian National Congress-People’s Party of Punjab joint candidate, Manpreet Singh Badal. For this, she has been appointed in the Modi government as State Minister for Food Processing. She got elected for 3rd time in a row from Bathinda
in 2019 Lok Sabha election. She defeated the Congress candidate Armrinder Singh Raj in a close fight with around 21,000 votes.
In May 2019, she continued her Ministry of Food Processing industries.She resigned from the cabinet on 17.September 2020 to protest against the new farm bills passed by the government.
Harsimrat Kaur started the ‘Nanhi Chhan’ project to combat the dropping of women’s sex ratio in Punjab and to save the trees. This project is a fight against female foeticide and women’s empowerment in the
face of horrors in rural communities. This campaign operated in schools, colleges. gurudwaras, temples, churches, panchayats, and several municipal centers. Nanhi Chhaan helps women across the state ,
