India, June 16 -- A day after the Sikh clergy declared him "Guru Dokhi (anti-Guru)" and "Khalsa Panth virodhi (anti-Khalsa Panth)" over an objectionable video, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday rejected the video that formed the basis of the religious decree.

Breaking his silence on the edict pronounced from the faseel, platform of Akal Takht in the Golden Temple complex of Amritsar by acting Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Monday afternoon, Mann released a video statement asserting that the man seen in the controversial footage was not him. "The person seen in the video does not match my height and physique," Mann said, adding that he rejects the clip "completely".

In January, the Akal Takht had summoned him o...