Badal was a five-time CM and his Dalit outreach Punjab has the highest Dalit population in the country can be visibly traced from 1997 onwards. That year, he launched the popular Shagun scheme to provide monetary help to women from Scheduled Castes (SC) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) for their marriage.
Parkash Singh Badal death news: Former Punjab chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal died on Tuesday., India News, Times Now
Parkash Singh Badal touched millions of lives during his five tenures as the chief minister of Punjab. Irrespective of age, he addressed everyone respectfully, calling them ‘Kaka Ji’