Meanwhile, the former CM denied rumours that he had previously received crores of rupees in pension as a result of his 11-year tenure as a legislator.

Parkash Singh Badal was defeated from his home constituency Lambi in the recently-concluded Punjab assembly polls by Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) Gurmeet Singh Khuddian.

Badal (94) has been MLA for 11 times and won his first election from Malout seat in 1957. He had won the Gidderbaha seat five times — 1969, 1972, 1977, 1980 and 1985. Thereafter, he switched over to Lambi and won it five times in a row, in 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017.

(With inputs from agencies)