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Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 May 2009
Preceded by	Paramjit Kaur Gulshan
Constituency	Bathinda
Minister for Food Processing Industries
In office 26 May 2014 – 17 September 2020
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Krishna Tirath
Succeeded by	Narendra Singh Tomar
Personal details
Born	(1966-07-25) 25 July 1966 (age 58) New Delhi, India
Political party	Shiromani Akali Dal
Other political affiliations	National Democratic Alliance (1998-2020)
Spouse	Sukhbir Singh Badal ​(m. 1991)​
Children	3
Relatives	Parkash Singh Badal (father-in-law) Bikram Singh Majithia (brother) Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia (grandfather) Majithia Sirdars
Residence	Chandigarh
Profession	Politician
Website	harsimratkaurbadal.online

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 Lok Sabha 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.

Personal life

Badal was born on 25 July 1966 to Satyajit Singh Majithia and Sukhmanjus Majithia in Delhi. She did her schooling from Loreto Convent School, Delhi. She is a matriculate and 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 Majithia is a member of Shiromani Akali Dal, a former MLA from Majitha and an ex-minister in the Punjab state government led by her father-in-law Parkash Singh Badal.

Career

Politics

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 was 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 Amrinder Singh Raja Warring 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.

In 2024 Lok Sabha election, Badal won for the 4th time from Bathinda, securing 376,558 votes, defeating Gurmeet Singh Khuddian of Aam Aadmi Party in the process.

Business

Badal and her family have direct or indirect interests in many businesses. Members of the Badal family, including Harsimrat's father-in-law and husband have ownership interests in Orbit Resorts, Metro Eco Green Resorts, Saanjh Foundation, Falcon Properties, Dabwali Transport and Orbit Aviation. Her maternal family controls Saraya Industries, Ajnala Power, and Batala Power. Her husband holds a majority stake in the Punjabi language PTC television network.

Social work

In September 2008, Kaur started the "Nanhi Chhan" project to combat against female foeticide in Punjab, promote women empowerment and to save the trees. It operates in schools, colleges, gurudwaras, temples, churches, and municipal centers. Through this project many girls and women in Punjab villages have been trained in cloth sewing, knitting and flowering.

See also

• Punjab
• Shiromani Akali Dal
• Bathinda

References

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External links

Official website of Harsimrat Badal

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v t e Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Punjab
GE 2014	Amarinder Singh Prem Singh Chandumajra Harsimrat Kaur Badal Sadhu Singh Harinder Singh Khalsa Sher Singh Ghubaya Vinod Khanna Vijay Sampla Santokh Singh Choudhary Ranjit Singh Brahmpura Ravneet Singh Bhagwant Mann Dharamvir Gandhi
Bye-elections 2017	Gurjeet Singh Aujla Pre-bye poll: Amarinder Singh - resigned
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v t e Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from Punjab
GE 2019	AAP Bhagwant Mann BJP Som Parkash Sunny Deol INC Amar Singh Gurjeet Singh Aujla Jasbir Singh Gill Manish Tewari Muhammad Sadiq Preneet Kaur Ravneet Singh Bittu Santokh Singh Chaudhary SAD Harsimrat Kaur Badal Sukhbir Singh Badal
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v t e Members of the 18th Lok Sabha from Punjab
GE 2024	AAP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer Malwinder Singh Kang Raj Kumar Chabbewal INC Amar Singh Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Charanjit Singh Channi Dharamvir Gandhi Gurjeet Singh Aujla Sher Singh Ghubaya Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa SAD Harsimrat Kaur Badal IND Amritpal Singh Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa
17th LS members 19th LS membersMembers of the 18th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

• 1966 births
• Living people
• India MPs 2009–2014
• India MPs 2014–2019
• Women in Punjab, India politics
• Shiromani Akali Dal politicians
• Punjabi Sikhs
• Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India
• People from Bathinda district
• Narendra Modi ministry
• 21st-century Indian women politicians
• Women members of the Cabinet of India
• India MPs 2019–2024
• Members of the Cabinet of India
• India MPs 2024–2029