He got elected to the Punjab assembly last Thursday (Aug 6) after winning the Jalalabad assembly seat by-election by a record margin of over 80,000 votes.

The swearing-in of Badal junior was simple this time with limited number of invitees compared to his earlier swearing-in at Amritsar. The state government had spent millions of rupees of public money for the earlier event.

Ministers of the Badal government, including those from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the alliance partner of the ruling Akali Dal, Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu and other prominent people were present on the occasion.

This is Sukhbir Badal's maiden entry to the Punjab assembly, though he has been an MP in the Lok Sabha three times. He was also union minister of state for industries in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.