Row as Akal Takht head calls Mann 'anti-Panth', AAP objects
Amritsar, June 16 -- The Akal Takht on Monday directed the Sikh community to ostracise Bhagwant Mann over a video that they said hurt Sikh sentiments, even as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) questioned the legitimacy of the clip that allegedly featured the Punjab chief minister.
The Sikh clergy declared Mann "Guru Dokhi" (anti-Guru) and "Khalsa Panth Virodhi" (anti-community), accusing him of lying regarding the objectionable video.
They also summoned all Sikh legislators across the political parties and cabinet ministers before the Akal Takht - the highest temporal seat of Sikhs- on June 29 in connection with an anti-sacrilege law recently passed by the state legislature.
Shortly before the decree was pronounced, AAP Punjab media in-charge Baltej Pannu asked the Giani Gargaj not to act as a "political pawn" of the Shiromani Akali Dal. P2...
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