AMRITSAR, May 12 -- The Akal Takht on Monday shot off a letter to Punjab Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, citing objections to the recently enacted anti-sacrilege law, including clauses that legally mandate the SGPC to maintain a digital registry of all saroops (copy), placing Guru Granth Sahib, Sikh institutions, granthis, pathis, gurdwara committees and sewadars within a legal framework which amounts to direct government interference in Sikh affairs.

The letter comes days after Sandhwan appeared before Akal Takht acting Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Tek Singh Dhanaula to clarify the government's position regarding the Act, which provides for stringent punishments, including life imprisonment a...