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June 29, 2026, 04:39 PM - 4 min read
All Sikh MLAs and Cabinet Ministers from Punjab appeared before the Akal Takht after they were summoned over the anti-sacrilege law.
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June 28, 2026, 02:29 PM - 4 min read
Our MLAs and ministers will go there and present their sides in writing, Mann said while speaking to reporters in Amritsar.
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June 26, 2026, 03:08 PM - 6 min read
Mann, as such, so far, has not openly defied the Akal Takht edict against him, as he has repeatedly been reiterating his faith in the supreme authority of the Takht.
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June 24, 2026, 04:33 PM - 6 min read
Earlier this month, the Akal Takht declared Mann "guru dokhi" (anti-guru) and "Khalsa panth virodhi" (anti-Khalsa panth) over a video purportedly showing a man resembling him indulging in objectionable activities with pictures of Sikh gurus and slain Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
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June 24, 2026, 03:19 PM - 6 min read
The public mood is not in favour of Mann. Had he not chosen to defy and confront the Akal Takht, the situation might have been different for him today.
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June 24, 2026, 11:33 AM - 3 min read
According to the police, the complaint relates to a fraudulent video and report they had created and circulated.
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June 17, 2026, 01:36 PM - 3 min read
His remarks came a day after the Akal Takht, headed by acting Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj, asked the Sikh community to sever ties with the Chief Minister over the video controversy. Mann, however, has dismissed the video as fake propaganda.
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June 17, 2026, 01:36 PM - 7 min read
The Akal Takht does not hold any legal authority. But as an institution, it commands moral and divine authority over the Sikhs. The Akal Takht is always the last word in the Sikh affairs. Never ever in recorded history has anyone defied the Akal Takht edicts/ orders.
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June 16, 2026, 03:26 PM - 6 min read
Mann has often dared his opponents to play on “their pitch”. This time, the Akalis seem to have thrown a challenge back at him on a pitch where it is not easy for a non-Panthic party to play. The battle does not stop here, particularly when it concerns religion. People are highly emotive and sensitive towards religious matters, where they are not even ready to give benefit of doubt.
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June 16, 2026, 03:19 PM - 3 min read
Mann took a defiant stand, saying that the person in the controversial video was not him. In a video statement, he said while he has the utmost respect and reverence for the Akal Takht, its present-day officials, whom he described as political appointees, were serving their political masters by making false allegations against him.
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June 15, 2026, 06:26 PM - 3 min read
The Akal Takht on Monday declared Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann a “Guru Dokhi” (one opposed to the Guru) and “Panth Virodhi” (against the Sikh community), citing an objectionable video allegedly showing him engaged in conduct that hurt Sikh religious sentiments.
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June 11, 2026, 07:36 PM - 3 min read
Pannu said the SIT had approached Giani Raghbir Singh to verify whether Badal had admitted his role in the incident during his appearance before the Akal Takht in 2024.
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