Chandigarh, Oct. 10 -- The breakaway faction of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday named office bearers, with Gurpartap Singh Wadala given the number two position in the party as secretary general, after president Giani Harpreet Singh, who was elected to the top post on August 11.

Former finance minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa has been made treasurer.

Wadala, a former MLA, was the convener SAD rebel group, which came into existence in July 2024. He was also the head of the seven-member panel that approached the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, for course correction, seeking forgiveness for mistakes committed by the party when it was in the government for two terms from 2007 to 2012.

The party has nominated four p...