Bathinda, Dec. 9 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday announced that he will contest the 2027 Punjab assembly elections from the Gidderbaha constituency, hinting at shifting from his long-held seat of Jalalabad.

The announcement came after Sukhbir inaugurated the party office in Gidderbaha, part of his home district Muktsar, after an event held at Badal village to observe the 98th birth anniversary of his father and SAD patriarch late Parkash Singh Badal.

The Gidderbaha seat was once an Akali bastion, represented by Badal senior for a record five consecutive terms between 1969 and 1985, and later by his nephew Manpreet Singh Badal from 1995 to 2007. After Manpreet broke away from the SAD and formed the Pe...