Jagtar Singh Lamba
Amritsar, January 8
The Shiromani Akali Dal today, immediately after the meeting with the Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib Giani Raghbir Singh, has called the meeting of the working committee of the party on January 10 at 3 pm in the party headquarters in Chandigarh. In the meeting, a decision will be taken regarding the resignation of Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal and other matters will be discussed.
Earlier, while meeting Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh of Mr. Akal Takht, he handed over a demand letter and informed him about the legal obstacles in the way of holding organizational elections of the party. The Jathedar was told that the working committee of the party will hold a meeting soon and take a decision about the next organizational elections and the membership of the party.
Senior party leader Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that the party delegation told the Jathedar that the Shiromani Akali Dal has always followed the guidelines of the Akal Takht. All party leaders have followed the religious punishment given to them as per the orders of Akal Takht and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has also resigned as party president.
He said that according to the orders given by the Akal Takht, there are some technical issues involved in forming the 7-member committee, about which the Jathedar has been informed. He said that he has informed the Jathedar about all constitutional amendments, Supreme Court instructions and Election Commission guidelines.
The Akali leader alleged that the opposition parties want to mislead the people regarding the organizational elections of the Akali Dal, and the Jathedar has also been informed about this. He said that these forces now want to register their own parties. He challenged the opposition parties to publicize the process of registering their parties so that people can understand the difference between what they preach and what they do.
The Akali Dal delegation that met the Jathedar included Gulzar Singh Ranike, Hira Singh Gabaria, Paramjit Singh Sarna, Ram Singh, Kulwant Singh Manman, Surjit Singh Kandhowal and Arshdeep Singh Keller along with Dr. Cheema.
