Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- The Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday warned that it will file a criminal complaint against leaders of the breakaway faction for trying to misappropriate the name of the party, saying the SAD was a registered and recognised party under the Election Commission's 1996 notification.

The party's statement came a day after former Akal Takht jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was unanimously elected as the president of the SAD's breakaway faction in a meeting of the Akal Takht-appointed panel in Amritsar.

Terming the group's meeting on Monday illegal, unconstitutional and immoral, party spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema said the SAD was consulting legal experts to file a formal criminal complaint. ...