Chandigarh, April 8, 2025 (Yes Punjab News)
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Working Committee today decided to hold the general delegate session of the party to elect the new President at the Teja Singh Samundari hall in the Sri Darbar Sahib complex in Amritsar on April 12.
The meeting, which was presided over by party Working Committee President Balwinder Singh Bhundar, also decided to hold a political conference on the occasion of Baisakhi on April 13 at Talwandi Sabo.
It also expressed its gratitude to S Balwinder Singh Bhundar for leading the party effectively as its Working President and praised him for dealing with all situations in a most mature and statesman like manner.
Giving further details, party senior leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said the Working Committee also expressed serious concern at the deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab with bomb blasts occurring at several police stations in the border belt as well as at the Thakurdwara temple in Amritsar, vandalizing of the statues of Babasaheb B R Ambedkar as well as the grenade attack on the residence of senior BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia.
He said the Working Committee was of the considered view that chief minister Bhagwant Mann had allowed the situation to go out of hand and should resign immediately.
The SAD leader said the Working Committee also condemned the amendments made to the Wakf Act asserting earlier the central government had also interfered in the functioning of management boards of Sri Hazur Sahib and Takht Patna Sahib.
“Members were of the view that government takeover of the Wakf Boards could be detrimental to the interests of the minority community and that this would increase polarization in the country”.
Dr Cheema said the Working Committee also took serious note of how the constitution was being violated in Punjab with outsiders from Delhi being handed over the reins of the State. He said this was seen in the manner in which the name of Delhi AAP leader was put on plaques to commemorate minor repair works in schools even as the names of the local MP and legislator as well as the school management committee were missing.
He said the Committee also noted how teachers were being forced to act as social media workers of the Aam Aadmi Party government and were being even insulted by party leaders. “The manner in which Chetan Singh Jaurmajra misbehaved with teachers for not filling up chairs during one such function to install a plaque will have a demoralizing effect on the entire teaching cadre”, he added. EOM
