Harsimrat kaur badal biography of william

Indian politician

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^[1] and Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Bathinda.

She is a member of Shiromani Akali Dal Party.^[2] Her husband Sukhbir Singh Badal is former deputy chief minister of Punjab and the president of Shiromani Akali Dal.^[3] She resigned from the cabinet on 17 September 2020 to protest against few farmer related ordinances and legislation.^[4]

Personal life

Badal was born on 25 July 1966 to Satyajit Singh Majithia and Sukhmanjus Majithia in Delhi.^[5][6] She did her schooling from Loreto Convent School, Delhi.^[7] She is a matriculate and holds a diploma in textile design.^[8] She married Sukhbir Singh Badal on 21 November 1991.^[5] The couple have two daughters and a son.

Her brother Bikram S