SAD(B) appoints Gurpartap Wadala as observer amid tensions with Akal Takht

SAD(B) appears to person stepped backmost by including Wadala successful the rank thrust aft Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh announced the gathering of the 5 Jathedars. However, the docket of the gathering has not been disclosed.

Earlier this month, SAD(D) claimed that it had persuaded the Akal Takht Jathedar to fto the party’s Working Committee negociate the rank drive. However, Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh aboriginal clarified that the seven-member committee helium had formed for this intent would proceed to beryllium successful charge.

On December 2, the Jathedar declared the existent SAD(B) enactment “unfit” aft erstwhile enactment president Sukhbir Singh Badal admitted to galore violations of the spiritual codification of behaviour during his 16-year tenure. Akal Takht Sahib besides stripped erstwhile main curate Prakash Singh Badal of the Fakhar-e-Kaum award.

Daljit Singh Cheema said connected X that SAD(B) had added 5 caller observers to oversee the monolithic rank thrust that began connected January 20, including Wadala for Faridkot.

He besides mentioned that the enactment was acceptable to see Bibi Satwant Kaur arsenic an perceiver if she resigned from the SGPC. Kaur was besides portion of the seven-member committee formed by the Akal Takht.

Cheema said these decisions were made during a gathering of the Parliamentary Board, presided implicit by Working President Balwinder Singh Bhundar.

Wadala, however, criticised SAD(B)’s decision, saying, “This is different effort by SAD(B) to situation the authorization of Akal Takht Sahib. The Akal Takht, successful its December 2 order, intelligibly stated that the seven-member committee volition oversee not lone the rank thrust but besides the full reorganisation of the party. But SAD(B) has included members of the seven-member committee successful a database of implicit 20 observers who are expected to enactment nether the party’s Working Committee and Parliamentary Board. This is simply a wide usurpation of Akal Takht Sahib’s directives aimed astatine restoring ideology successful the party.”

He further added, “SAD(B) is exposing itself to the nationalist with specified gimmicks, which are serving nary purpose. I present anticipation that the Akal Takht Jathedar volition instrumentality strict enactment against the SAD(B) Working Committee and Parliamentary Board for violating the December 2 orders.”