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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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June 9, 2026, 03:24 PM - 6 min read
The BJP, by trying to cosy up to Taksal through its head Dhumma, appears to be conveying a message to the ‘conservative’ class among the Sikhs, who it thinks can be won over by reaching out to the seminary known now for holding radical views.
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January 8, 2026, 05:59 PM - 3 min read
Referring to the sentiments of the ‘Sangat’, Mann said he has requested the Akal Takht jathedar to allow his clarification to be telecast live so that the community can remain informed about every detail.
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January 8, 2026, 03:52 PM - 6 min read
Mann, unlike Amarinder in 2002, does not have any backing of any panthic group. He does not appear to be so ambitious that he would wrest the control of the SGPC from the Akalis/ Badals. But he is surely serious about not letting the rural peasantry consisting mainly of Jatt Sikhs to return to the Akali Dal.
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March 28, 2025, 09:36 PM - 4 min read
Lawmakers expressed strong dissatisfaction, emphasising that the move had deeply hurt the sentiments of Sikhs worldwide.
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March 27, 2025, 10:16 PM - 2 min read
Acting Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj questioned the government's response to the sacrilege attempt at the Golden Temple in December 2021.
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March 8, 2025, 11:59 AM - 6 min read
The tussle between the Shiromani Akali Dal, supposedly the representative party of the community, and the five religious institutions, called Takhts, continues unabated. The latest episode is the sacking of the Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh and Takht Kesgarh Sahib Jatehdar Giani Sultan Singh by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee.
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