Dal Khalsa said that the Akalis led by Sukhbir Singh Badal have once again betrayed the Sikh Panth and have undermined the supremacy and glory of the Akal Takht.
Dal Khalsa leaders expressed apprehension that either Sukhbir will return as the party president or will run the party through remote control without any accountability after being elected as the new president on March 1.
The organization says that the question is not about the future of the Akali Dal or the personal personality of Giani Raghbir Singh but about maintaining the supremacy of the institution of the Akal Takht Sahib and this will be possible only by implementing the decision taken on December 2 from the walls of the Takht without any hesitation.
Sikh pro-freedom outfit leaders Kanwarpal Singh, Paramjit Singh Mand and Ranbir Singh said that the threat of de-recognition by the Badal Dal is a deliberate strategy to ensure the dominance of the Badal family in the party’s restructuring and deny representation to the rebels in the new structure.
Sukhbir confessed his sins from the walls of the Akal Takht, due to which he had to face religious punishment for the sins and mistakes committed during the Akali government led by his late father Parkash Singh Badal. They sarcastically said that his apology and remorse never came out of his own free will.
Sukhbir was forced to bow before the Akal Takht and seek forgiveness for his sins. They said that the Akali Party used all pressure tactics to mislead the Jathedars, but Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh stood firm to convince the Takht’s decision. Due to which the Akali Party has been forced to accept Sukhbir’s resignation. Even the temporary suspension of Giani Harpreet Singh, the Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, was a ploy to remove him from the scene as he was an obstacle in the way of the Akalis doing whatever they wanted.
Kanwarpal Singh also felt that simply changing the face of the Shiromani Akali Dal would not revive it. “People have rejected Sukhbir and his entourage from the beginning.”
He remarked that the future of the seven-member committee that launched the membership drive is hanging in the air despite the Jathedar’s claim of staying on. The Jathedar’s admonition to the Akali leadership to fully implement the Takht’s directives has come across as vague and insipid in the wording.
Despite the Akalis abandoning their ‘Panthak agenda long ago’, they have continued to meddle in Gurdwara matters.” He accused the Badals of challenging the Sikh principle of Miri-Piri. Sikh politics has always been run with religious guidance. He said that if the Badals want to do politics by abandoning religious principles and customs, then they should distance themselves from the Panthik fold.
