Akal Takht tells 17 Sikh ex-ministers to file their replies

Amidst existential crisis in the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Akal Takht today asked 17 former Sikh Akali ministers, who were part of the SAD government from 2007-2017, to clarify their stance on controversial decisions taken by the party during that period.

On August 30, five high priests held a meeting at the Akal Takht secretariat to discuss the issue after which the Akal Takht Jathedar had pronounced SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal ‘tankhaiya’ and had summoned other Sikh ministers of the then SAD Cabinet holding them equally guilty when the contentious moves were taken by the government. They were given a 15 days to submit their reply in person at Akal Takht.

The Sikh ministers who have been given the notice to appear before Akal Takht included Bikram Singh Majithia, Manpreet Singh Badal, Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, Upinderjit Kaur, Gulzar Singh Ranike, Sucha Singh Langah, Janmeja Singh, Hira Singh, Sarwan Singh Phillaur, Sohan Singh, Daljit Singh Cheema, Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Surjit Singh and Maheshinder Singh. — TNS