The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) executive body holds meeting to discuss the attack on SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal (ANI Photo) AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s executive committee reversed Tuesday its decision to excommunicate Narain Singh Chaura, who attempted to assassinate Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) functionary Sukhbir Singh Badal outside Amritsar’s Golden Temple on…
NEW DELHI: Former Punjab deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal was on Monday directed to wash utensils, clean shoes and bathrooms after five Sikh high priests pronounced their punishment.The priests, led by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh, directed Sukhbir to perform various acts of public penance outside the Clock…
NEW DELHI: The Sikh clergy at the Akal Takht on Monday issued a ‘tankhah‘ (religious punishment) for Sukhbir Singh Badal, citing the “mistakes” committed by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and its government in Punjab from 2007 to 2017. The punishment includes a directive for Badal to perform as a ‘sewadar‘ (service volunteer) and clean…
Over two months after Akal Takht – the highest temporal seat of Sikhs – declared Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal ‘tankhaiya’, or guilty of religious misconduct, he sent his resignation to the party’s working committee on Saturday.Badal, 62, has stepped down ahead of the election for the post of party president, office-bearers…
NEW DELHI: The Akal Takht declared Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal “tankhaiya,” or guilty of religious misconduct, for the “mistakes” made by his party’s government from 2007 to 2017.After a meeting of five Sikh head priests, Gyani Raghbir Singh, the Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest Sikh temporal authority announced that…
