Amritsar, July 30 -- The Punjab government on Wednesday submitted its official response to the Akal Takht decree on the newly enacted anti-sacrilege law. The development came a day after a one-month ultimatum given by the highest temporal seat of Sikhs to amend the "controversial clauses" in the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act-2026 expired.

A government delegation, including Aam Aadmi Party MLA and Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD) president Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar, Amritsar deputy commissioner Dalwinderjit Singh, and SDM Gurmandar Singh, visited the Akal Takht secretariat to submit a comprehensive 26-page official response. The late submission, however, drew immediate flak from the Takht.

Speaking to the media, Akal Tak...