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Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) is a splinter group of the Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal. The party was launched on June 7 2004 and its president is Surjit Kaur Barnala (wife of senior Akali leader Surjit Singh Barnala). Prem Singh Chandumajra joined it after being denied a ticked by Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections the party contested the Patiala seat but failed.After Prem Singh Chandumajra’s defection to SAD (B)it suffered a huge loss. In 2009 Mrs.