Bathinda, April 12 -- Ahead of a special assembly session called for April 13 to introduce the anti-sacrilege bill, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday charged the Bhagwant Mann government with maintaining double standards on the sensitive religious issue.

Addressing the last rally of SAD's Punjab Bachao programme in the first phase, at the holy city of Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda, Sukhbir said the anti-sacrilege bill passed by the assembly in 2016, during the Akali regime, stipulated a life sentence to anyone committing sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib. "The bill has yet to be ratified by the Centre. Instead of indulging in a drama on this sensitive issue, the CM should take up this matter with the central go...