Punjab: Sukhbir Badal elected SAD president again
Amritsar, Apr 12 (PTI): Sukhbir Singh Badal was elected president of the Shiromani Akali Dal again in the party's general delegate session that took place in Amritsar on Saturday.
Badal's name was proposed by party's working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar while party leader Paramjit Singh Sarna seconded it.
The session for electing SAD's new president was held at the Teja Singh Samundari hall in the Sri Darbar Sahib complex here.
Several senior party leaders including Badal's wife and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, former ministers Bikram Singh Majithia, Daljit Singh Cheema, senior leader Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal were present.
On November 16, 2024, Badal had tendered his resignation from the party president post after he was declared 'tankhaiya' (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht for "mistakes" committed by the SAD and its government from 2007 to 2017.
In January, his resignation was accepted by the working committee of the party. The SAD, later, conducted the new membership drive.
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Delhi govt flaunts cleanliness drives while 1,500 school sanitation workers go unpaid for 5 months
New Delhi: Even as the Delhi government flaunts its cleanliness drives and school hygiene campaigns, nearly 1,500 sanitation workers deployed across around 250 schools have gone unpaid for the last five months, as reported The New Indian Express on Friday.
These workers, hired through the outsourcing agency Orion Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd., have reportedly not received a single month's salary since April 2025, despite being responsible for the daily cleaning and maintenance of schools under the Directorate of Education.
The issue was formally raised by senior lawyer Ashok Agarwal, who has written to the Secretary of Education demanding immediate action. In his letter, Agarwal called the situation “inhuman,” noting that the continued denial of wages has caused severe financial and social distress for the workers and their families, who are struggling to meet basic needs.
“For the last five months, these sanitation workers have not been paid their due salaries. It is most unfortunate that these employees, who already belong to a very low-income group and live hand-to-mouth, are being subjected to such inhuman treatment,” Agarwal wrote.
He also mentioned that the non-payment of salaries is not only illegal and unjustified but also a violation of the fundamental right to livelihood, protected under Articles 21 and 23 of the Constitution of India, in addition to breaching several labour laws, added the report.
Agarwal has urged the education department to immediately disburse all pending payments and to establish a systemic mechanism to prevent such delays in the future.
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