Amritsar: A day after the Akal Takht declared him responsible of spiritual misconduct, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday appeared earlier than the very best temporal seat of Sikhs and sought an apology for the “errors” dedicated by the get together and its authorities from 2007 to 2017.
In addition to Badal, his former Cupboard colleagues – Daljit Singh Cheema, Gulzar Singh Ranike and Sharanjit Singh Dhillon – and Mahesh Inder Grewal, advisor to the then chief minister, additionally submitted their written rationalization to the Akal Takht.
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Friday had held Badal responsible of spiritual misconduct and declared him ‘tankhaiya’.
After a gathering of the 5 Sikh head monks, the jathedar had requested Badal to seem earlier than the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs inside 15 days to hunt apology for the choices he took because the deputy chief minister and as SAD chief that deeply harmed the picture of the ‘Panth’ and induced harm to Sikh pursuits.
Badal would stay a ‘tankhaiya’ till he apologises for his “sins”, Singh had mentioned whereas announcing verdict from the Akal Takht complicated right here.
The members of the Sikh neighborhood, who served as ministers within the Akali authorities from 2007-17, had additionally been directed to seem on the Akal Takht in particular person to submit their written rationalization in 15 days, he mentioned.
In his letter submitted to the Akal Takht secretariat on Saturday, Badal wrote, “Being a humble Sikh of Guru, I settle for the edict and bow my head humbly. Following the edict issued by the Akal Takht, I being a humble servant got here to the Akal Takht and tender an apology with folded palms.” His former cupboard colleagues who additionally submitted their clarifications acknowledged that they agreed with the clarification given by Badal, therefore all of them have been equally accountable for “errors” dedicated throughout the erstwhile SAD authorities.
They sought apology from the Akal Takht and mentioned regardless of the ‘tankah’ (non secular punishment) awarded by the Akal Takht, they have been prepared to just accept as a humble servant.
The previous ministers submitted their letters individually and gave consent to bear punishment to be awarded by the Akal Takht.
It’s the prerogative of the Jathedar of the Akal Takht to name Badal to seem earlier than the 5 Sikh head monks who could award him non secular punishment based on the Sikh tenets.
Badal had earlier sought “unconditional forgiveness” for “all errors” dedicated when the SAD was in energy in Punjab.
He had just lately submitted his rationalization after the Jathedar requested him to seem in particular person earlier than the very best temporal seat of Sikhs, following allegations levelled by the get together’s insurgent leaders, who’ve requested him to step down.
Badal submitted his rationalization after the Jathedar requested him to seem in particular person earlier than the very best temporal seat of Sikhs, following allegations levelled by the insurgent leaders.
Insurgent Shiromani Akali Dal leaders, together with former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra and ex-Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Bibi Jagir Kaur, had appeared earlier than the jathedar on July 1 and sought forgiveness for “4 errors” dedicated throughout the get together’s authorities between 2007 and 2017.
Earlier this month, the Akal Takht Secretariat in Amritsar had launched a duplicate of the three-page letter that Badal submitted to the Jathedar on the insurgent leaders’ accusations, on July 24.
A bit of get together leaders have revolted towards Badal, asking him to step down.
Badal, in his letter, had mentioned he and his companions will settle for with humility each order issued by the Akal Takht, based on ‘Gurmat’ traditions.
He additionally connected a duplicate of an October 2015 letter written by his father and the-then chief minister Parkash Singh Badal to the Akal Takht relating to “some tragic incidents” that passed off in Punjab from 2007 to 2015.
Incidents associated to the theft of a ‘bir (copy)’ of the Guru Ganth Sahib, placing up of handwritten sacrilegious posters and torn pages of the holy e book discovered scattered at Bargari had taken place in Faridkot in 2015 when the Shiromani Akali Dal was in energy.
Throughout the anti-sacrilege protests in Faridkot, two individuals have been killed and a number of other injured in police firing.
The insurgent leaders, referring to the 2015 sacrilege incidents, had mentioned the then authorities couldn’t guarantee punishment to the responsible.
That they had additionally talked about the 2007 blasphemy case registered towards Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for allegedly imitating the tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh.
Badal allegedly used his affect to make sure that the Dera chief was pardoned within the blasphemy case, they mentioned.
In 2015, the Akal Takht pardoned the Dera chief primarily based on a written apology. Nonetheless, bowing to stress from the Sikh neighborhood and hardliners, it annulled its resolution.
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