No Badal at SAD helm for first time in 30+ years as Sukhbir Singh Badal quits | India News – Times of India

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…

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Akal Takht declares Sukhbir Singh Badal ‘tankhaiya’ — guilty of religious misconduct | India News – Times of India

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…

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