Badal Was A Tall Leader, His Demise Is Huge Jolt: Farooq Abdullah

SRINAGAR, Apr 26: Parkash Singh Badal was a leader who worked for the country and fought for the truth, and his passing away is a huge jolt, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said here on Wednesday.The Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch, who straddled the politics of Punjab over seven decades and was Chief Minister five times, died on Tuesday. He was 95.