AMRITSAR, Aug. 7 -- The Akal Takht-appointed panel, mandated to recast the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), may not get the nod to hold a delegate session to hold party elections on August 11 at Teja Singh Samundri Hall, the headquarters of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).

This comes after a meeting of Sikh clergy held under Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj.

In the decree issued on Wednesday, Giani Gargaj said that no group or committee can claim to be patronised by Akal Takht.

"The Akal Takht has received complaints from different Singh Sabhas, Sikh political parties and religious organisations that 'some groups are trying to gain political mileage by claiming to be patronised by Akal Takht Sahib. In ...