
Giani Harpreet Singh elected president of SAD breakaway faction
Bibi Satwant Kaur was elected as chairperson of the ‘panthic’ council of the faction. The Akal Takht-appointed committee held the delegate session of the breakaway group of the SAD at Gurdwara Burj Akali Phoola Singh in Amritsar. More than 500 delegates attended the meeting.
Calling their faction as the “real” SAD, the rebel Akali leaders dubbed the Sukhbir Singh Badal-led outfit as the “bhagora dal”, which defied the Akal Takht’s directive of reviving the SAD on December 2, 2024. The fresh development is being seen as an open challenge to the authority of Sukhir whose leadership, these dissidents claim, has plunged the Akali Dal into a crisis.
Former SGPC chiefs Bibi Jagir Kaur and Gobind Singh Longowal, along with Prem Singh Chandumajra, Parminder Dhindsa, Manpreet Singh Ayali and Surjit Singh Rakhra, were present, sending a clear message the breakaway group has their backing.