As Sukhbir resigns, all eyes on emergency meeting of SAD working committee today

Party spokesperson Daljeet Singh Cheema said, “We volition clasp discussions connected his resignation, pursuing which we volition determine the adjacent people of action.”

He added that the Cheema moving committee volition determine whether to judge the resignation oregon not. “I unsocial can’t accidental anything. The committee volition instrumentality a corporate decision,” Cheema said.

However, Charanjit Singh Brar, main spokesperson for Akali Dal Sudhar Lehar (rebel group), said, “The mode a run connected societal media is being run, it seems that they are improbable to judge the Badal’s resignation. However, a alteration successful enactment was by and ample the request of enactment workers from assembly constituencies of Punjab erstwhile SAD committee members led by Iqbal Singh Jhundan had visited them successful 2022. So, immoderate governmental manoeuvring astir the resignation won’t beryllium tolerated by the enactment workers.”

He added, “Senior Akali leaders had 2 main demands — 1 was to question forgiveness aft appearing earlier the Akal Takht and 2nd a alteration successful enactment (because of which leaders had formed Akali Dal Sudhar Lehar). Now, arsenic some demands person been met, volition the enactment marque immoderate effort to unite everyone?”

When asked, whether they volition telephone backmost the leaders who had near the party, Cheema said, “We ne'er asked them to leave. They near connected their ain which had taken a toll connected the party. So, it each depends connected what happens successful the exigency gathering tomorrow.”

Senior person of Akali Dal Sudhar Lehar and erstwhile Union curate Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa expressed interest astir the existent Panthic politics.

Dhindsa said, “It is bittersweet that a salient organisation representing the Panth and Punjab could not adjacent tract 4 candidates for the November 20 bypolls. Even during the worst times, the Akali Dal stood tall, contempt attempts by the Centre to suppress it politically and socially. However, contiguous this over-a-century-old enactment is struggling to adjacent tract 4 candidates successful elections.”

Dhindsa held Badal liable for the existent authorities of the SAD. “Since Sukhbir took implicit the leadership, the Akali Dal has been pushed to the margins and had faced consecutive defeats successful the past 4 elections. In 2022 assembly elections, the SAD was reduced to conscionable 3 seats, portion successful the past Lok Sabha elections, its deposits were forfeited successful 10 constituencies,” helium added.

Reiterating his proposal successful the past, Dhindsa said, “I had urged Badal to resign and measurement speech aft the humiliating decision successful 2017 polls. I had besides requested Akali patriarch Parkash Singh Badal to region Sukhbir and instrumentality complaint himself. However, my proposal was ignored, and now, aft the Akali Dal has been politically marginalised, Sukhbir has resigned. Considering the existent Panthic and governmental condition, I telephone upon the jathedar of Akal Takht to intervene and usher the assemblage towards uncovering a person who tin unite the enactment workers and hole for aboriginal governmental battles effectively.”

Meanwhile, supporters of Sukhbir Singh Badal are extending wide enactment to him connected societal media platforms with the slogan “we basal with Sukhbir”. Supporters are highlighting the improvement works done by him during his tenure, portion a fewer messages besides stated that the SAD moving committee shouldn’t judge his resignation.