Parkash Singh

Parkash Badal: The grand old man of Punjab politics, who became youngest CM

Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, who became Punjab's chief minister five times and had been part of the movement for a separate Punjabi-speaking state, passed away at a private hospital in Mohali near Chandigarh on Tuesday, nine days after being admitted there with breathing problems. He was 95 (Pics/PTI)