United Akali Dal

Indian political party
Political party in India

United Akali Dal[2] is a Sikhism-centric political party that was re-established on 22 November 2014 at Amritsar[3] by leaders of United Sikh Movement and Insaf Lehar have played leading role in setting up this party. This party is led by Bhai Mokham Singh.[4]

On 25 June 2020 Bhai Mokham Singh and his party members dissolved the party and merged into the new Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic), led by Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.

History

United Akali Dal is a Sikh religion-centric political party founded by Baba Joginder Singh in 1989. The United Akali Dal contested 1989 Indian general election and won. On 22 November 2014, the United Akali Dal was re-established at Amritsar. Bhai Mokham Singh was leading this party.

References

  1. ^ Editors, Sikh24 (22 November 2014). "BREAKING: Political Party "United Akali Dal" Formed in Punjab". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "UAD".
  3. ^ Jha, Dhirendra K. "Radical Sikh groups see red as RSS gets aggressive in Punjab". Scroll.in.
  4. ^ "former-taksal-leader-bhai-mohkam-singh-floats-political-party-named-united-akali-dal".
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