Parkash Badal Singh: Know 5 lesser-known facts about him

Prior to entering Punjab politics, Parkash Badal served as the village sarpanch of Badal eventually attaining the position of chairman of the Block Samiti of Lambi.

Parkash Singh Badal was 43 years old when he took office as chief minister for the first time in 1970, making him the youngest head of state in the nation.

Throughout the Emergency, Badal was held multiple times, once under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act and once as part with the Civil Liberties Agitation, in the Karnal jail.

As a show of opposition to the now-repealed three farm policies implemented by the Modi administration, Badal returned the Padma Vibhushan award in 2020.

 Parkash Singh Badal has spent nearly seventeen years of his life behind bars for defending the interests of the Punjabi people. In addition, Parkash Singh Badal has been speaking out against corruption.