Shiromani Akali Dal President and the Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal has created history not only commanding his party into unprecedented second term but also by himself retaining his Jalalabad with the highest margin 50269 in the state. He succeeded not only humbling the Congress but also frustrated the aggressive attempts by his estranged cousin and former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal to add third dimension to the Punjab polity.
This is the third successive election in which Mr. Badal has proved his organizing capacity, beginning with the victory in 2007 elections. In the Lok Sabha elections again, the party had performed well and his wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal had won from Bathinda with the highest margin in the state. This election has only added to the stature of the Akali Dal chief.
In Jalalabad, his campaign was superbly organized by his close aide N. S. Dhanoa who had been functioning as his OSD. He camped in Jalalabad all through the election campaign reaching out to every section of the electorate there.