He had to resign as deputy chief minister July 1, less than six months after being sworn in as second in command to his father Parkash Singh Badal.

Badal junior resigned as he could not get himself elected to the Punjab assembly within six months of being sworn in as is necessary according to the law.

The Jalalabad and Khanuwan seats were left vacant as the legislatures Sher Singh Gubaya and Partap Singh Bajwa were elected to the Lok Sabha. The Banur seat was lying vacant since March this year after the death of Punjab cooperative minister Kanwaljit Singh in a road accident.