India, Oct. 16 -- Twelve Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs appeared before Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Friday to submit a written apology and distance themselves from party colleague Manwinder Singh Giaspura's controversial caste-bias allegations against Sikh institutions.

The dispute follows an October 12 incident when Giaspura, the AAP MLA from Payal, was stopped from entering the Akal Takht secretariat while accompanying a party delegation.

Led by Amritsar South MLA and Chief Khalsa Diwan president Inderbir Singh Nijjar, the delegation had arrived to submit a memorandum regarding police entry into Gurdwara Bangla Sahib. Secretariat officials denied Giaspura entry over past objectionable statements he had made ag...