CHANDIGARH: The Akal Takht declared Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal guilty of religious misconduct (tankhaiya). He was declared guilty of making controversial decisions when Badal was the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister from 2007 – 2017.
Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, also summoned the Sikh ministers of the then Parkash Singh Badal cabinet during the SAD-BJP regime.
The five Sikh high priests unanimously decided to declare Sukhbir guilty in a meeting convened by Akal Takht Jathedar (High Priest) Giani Raghbir Singh at Akal Takht Secretariat in Amritsar.
Badal would be ‘tankhaiya’ till he appears as a humble (nimana) sikh with clarification and seeks atonement for the sins committed by him before Akal Takht in the presence of Guru Granth Sahib and five high priests.
In addition to this, without naming any one person, the Akal Takht also summoned the Sikh ministers in the then Parkash Singh Badal cabinet who were part of the contentious decisions that had dented the sanctity of the Sikh community.
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