The Shiromani Akali Dal has started a membership drive across Punjab to strengthen the party’s organizational structure and Sukhbir Singh Badal has obtained the party’s membership afresh in village Badal. This drive was launched by the working president of the Shiromani Akali Dal Balwinder Singh Bhunder after a meeting at the party’s headquarters in Chandigarh. In this meeting, it was decided that the Chief Election Officer Gulzar Singh Ranike, along with the observers appointed for recruitment, will supervise the entire campaign. He handed over the membership slips to senior party leaders Maheshinder Singh Grewal and Sucha Singh Langah. This recruitment drive will continue till February 20. After this, the election for the post of party president will be held on March 1.
Senior leader Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that the party has set a target of making 25 lakh members in a month. Dr. Sharing details regarding the recruitment, Cheema said that only Rs 10 membership fee will be charged for recruitment and those members who recruit 100 members will be eligible to become circle delegates and they will then elect the circle Jathedars. He said that those who recruit 2500 delegates will become district delegates and they will then elect the district Jathedars. Dr. Cheema also said that 4 delegates from each constituency will be nominated for the General House, according to this, 468 delegates from 117 assembly constituencies will elect the party president on March 1.
Sukhbir Singh Badal said that the Shiromani Akali Dal has set a total target of recruiting about 25 lakh workers and about 40 thousand workers will be recruited from the Lambi constituency. Responding to the questions of the journalists on the results of the Haryana Gurdwara Committee, he said that the Sikh community of Haryana has cleared those people who interfere in the Sikh religion and the community has rejected them. He said that Baljit Singh Daduwal and his associates are people of the agencies. They broke the Shiromani Committee and made Haryana separate and now they lost this election
Dhami and Wadala meet Giani Raghbir Singh
The head of the 7-member committee formed by the Singh Sahibs on December 2 for the recruitment of new membership of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the president of the Shiromani Committee, Harjinder Singh Dhami, and the committee member and leader of the disgruntled faction, Gurpartap Singh Wadala, met Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh recently and according to Jathedar Wadala, the recruitment process of the Akali Dal would be completed by the 7-member committee formed by Singh Sahib, just a few hours after the Akali Dal leadership started the recruitment campaign regularly, ignoring the orders issued by the Singh Sahibs regarding the recruitment of the party. After paying the religious salary from Sri Akal Takht Sahib to forgive mistakes in the past, the Akali leadership seems to be in conflict with Sri Akal Takht Sahib again. is coming and Panthic circles are calling it a challenge to the order issued by Akal Takht Sahib. Along with this, the Akali Dal (B) has started a recruitment campaign at its own level, which has also put a question mark on the existence of the 7-member committee formed by the Singh Sahibs for recruitment. Meanwhile, the head of the 7-member committee, Harjinder Singh Dhami, and the committee member from the angry faction, Gurpartap Singh Wadala, met the Jathedar Sahib at the Akal Takht Secretariat for about an hour and discussed the recruitment process of the Akali Dal (B) and the role of the 7-member committee. After the meeting, the President of the Shiromani Committee, Dhami, left through the other door of the secretariat without talking to the media, but the Jatha Wadala later shared the details of the meeting with the journalists and said that Singh Sahib assured us both the committee members that the recruitment of the party will be done under the supervision of the 7-member committee as per the orders issued by the Akal Takht Sahib. He also said that Singh Sahib said that for the good of the Sikh Panth and to give leadership to Punjab, all the Panthic parties need to come together on one platform. While Wadala claimed that during the meeting, Mr. Dhami also assured all the parties to strictly follow the orders issued by the Akal Takht Sahib. He agreed that the recruitment of the party should be done under the supervision of a 7-member committee as per the orders issued. Where: Wadala said that any Akali leader who deviates from the Hukamnama or does anything unbecoming of him will never be accepted by the Sikh Panth and Sangat.
It has been learnt from sources that the Jathedar Akal Takht has decided to remain impartial regarding the Akali recruitment. He does not want the Akali Dal to suffer any damage due to his interference. But his opposition continues from the Panthic constituencies. America Singh Ajnala of Damdami Taksal had burnt the effigies of Singh Sahibans. The Shiromani Committee has strongly condemned this.
Panthic Assembly submits letter to Jathedar
Panthic Assembly writes letter to Jathedar of Akal Takht
Sikh organization Panthic Assembly and Panthic Coordination Organization have submitted a letter to the Jathedar of Akal Takht, appealing that a report regarding the compliance of the Hukamnama so far in the matter of the seven-member committee formed for the recruitment of Shiromani Akali Dal should be shared with the Panth. This letter is signed by former Jathedar Giani Kewal Singh, Convener of Akal Purakh Ki Fauj Organization Jaswinder Singh Advocate, former General Secretary of Shiromani Committee Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, Nav Kiran Singh Advocate etc. This letter was submitted to the Secretariat of Akal Takht.
