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Talks with Badal: Shanta briefs PM New Delhi, July 25 Shanta Kumar was assigned the task by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss the matter with Badal and convince him that the Centre was trying to resolve the crisis which has snowballed into a major controversy. Shanta Kumar was specifically asked to assure Badal that the Centre would find a way out of the situation created following creation of a gurdwara body through a legislative Act of the Haryana Assembly. Sources reveal that Shanta Kumar said to Modi that Badal’s response to his telephonic discussion was positive and the latter assured him that he would ensure that the proposed agitation did not go out of hand. Badal is learnt to have thanked the Union government and the BJP for being sensitive to the concerns of the Sikhs. Shanta Kumar is also understood to have told Modi that Badal wanted that the ruffled sentiments of Sikhs on account of the creation of the HSGMC should be assuaged soon. Badal's response
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