AMRITSAR, April 13 -- Sukhbir Singh Badal was re-elected the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president unanimously during the delegate meeting of the party, held at Teja Singh Samundri Hall, the headquarters of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), at the Golden Temple complex on Saturday.

This is the fourth time that the 62-year-old former deputy chief minister has been elected to the post, amid the ongoing turmoil in the 104-year-old party, which is facing an existential crisis and revolt by a considerable section of the senior party leader over the leadership of the Sukhbir Badal.

He was first elected as the party president in 2008 and at 45, was the youngest person to occupy the post. Sukhbir, the son of late party patriarch...