Akal Takht Declares Sukhbir Badal Guilty Of Religious Misconduct

The Akal Takht on Friday declared Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal 'tankhaiya' -- guilty of religious misconduct-- for the "mistakes" committed by his party and the party's government from 2007 to 2017.

Soon after the declaration, Mr Badal said he bows his head and accepts the order of the Akal Takht.

In a post on X in Punjabi, Mr Badal said he will soon appear before the Akal Takht to apologise.

After a meeting of the five Sikh head priests, the jathedar of the Akal Takht Gyani Raghbir Singh asked Mr Badal to appear before the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs within 15 days to seek apology for the decisions he took as the deputy chief minister and as SAD chief that deeply harmed the image of the 'Panth' and caused damage to Sikh interests.

Mr Badal would remain a 'tankhaiya' until he apologises for his "sins", Singh said while pronouncing verdict from the Akal Takht complex here.