India, May 9 -- A day after Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, rejected the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026, and issued a 15-day ultimatum to Punjab's Aam Aadmi Party government to amend it, chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday categorically ruled out any rollback of the anti-sacrilege law.

Addressing the media in Sangrur and Patiala on the sidelines of his Shukrana Yatra to express gratitude for the enactment of the law, Mann said: "The anti-beadbi (sacrilege) law has already been passed and is being implemented after receiving the Punjab governor's nod. We will not roll back the law at any cost. There is no question of rolling back the legislation, which has overwhelming support from t...