5-time Punjab CM Parkash Badal loses his 1st Assembly poll since 1969

Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch and five-time Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal lost to Aam Aadmi Party's Gurmeet Singh Khudian from Lambi constituency on Thursday. Badal, 94, has not lost an Assembly election since 1969. Badal was also the oldest candidate to be contesting the 2022 Punjab Assembly polls. Earlier, Badal's son Sukhbir Singh Badal congratulated AAP for the victory.