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Chandigarh: The president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Sukhbir Singh Badal, appeared before the Akal Takht, the highest temporal body of the Sikhs, Wednesday and handed over a written explanation to its jathedar (central head) clarifying his position on the allegation levelled against him by the partys dissident group that he had failed to satisfactorily represent the Sikh panth (community)...
Senior leaders of the party who accompanied Badal told ThePrint that the contents of his explanation were handed over in a sealed cover..
Reacting to Badal appearing before the Akal Takht, SAD leader Gurpartap Singh Wadala told mediapersons Wednesday that it will be clear in the coming days if Badal had accepted his mistakes and regretted them or not...
Following the humiliating defeat of the SAD in the recently concluded parliamentary elections, the group of rebel party leaders led by Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Prem Singh Chandumajra and Bibi Jagir Kaur, among others, had on 1 July handed over an apology letter to Giani Raghbir Singh seeking forgiveness for the mistakes committed by the SAD...
President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Harjinder Singh Dhami also appeared before the Akal Takht Wednesday to give an explanation for another set of allegations levelled against the SGPC by the rebel group in their apology letter, relating to expenditure of over Rs 90 lakh on advertisements by the SGPC...
