Amritsar, Aug. 6 -- Taking a final call on the plea of the Akal Takht-appointed panel to hold a delegates' meeting for electing a parallel Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president will be a tough decision for acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj.

The issue will be discussed during a crucial meeting of the Panj Singh Sahiban (Sikh clergy) at Teja Singh Samundri Hall, SGPC headquarters on Wednesday.

The panel's request, originally made to the SGPC, was referred to the Akal Takht, putting the final decision in the jathedar's hands.

The Akal Takht had on December 2 last year stated that the SAD leadership had lost the moral right to give political patronage to the Sikh Panth because of their "sins", and appointed a seven-member panel to r...