Sukhbir Singh Badal after discharge from hospital day after attack in Nanded

Sukhbir Badal speaking to media after discharge from hospital

NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal was discharged from hospital on Friday, a day after he was attacked by an assailant armed with a “kirpan” at a gurdwara in Nanded, Maharashtra.The former Punjab deputy chief minister emerged from the hospital with his arm in a sling, flanked by supporters. Speaking to the media, he said he was “not afraid” in his first reaction to the attack.“Their mission is to take control of the situation in Punjab and disturb the peace, which, as president of the Akali Dal, I will never allow,” Sukhbir Singh Badal told reporters, apparently referring to those he suspects of being behind the attack.

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