Neeraj BaliChandigarh, June 29 -- More than four decades after former President Giani Zail Singh appeared before Sri Akal Takht Sahib following Operation Blue Star, his grandson and Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Monday presented himself before the Akal Takht Secretariat along with Sikh MLAs and Cabinet ministers over the controversy surrounding the Punjab government's amended sacrilege law.
The development marks a rare moment in Sikh history, making the Sandhwan family one of the few political families whose two generations have separately faced proceedings before Sri Akal Takht Sahib. While Giani Zail Singh was summoned in the aftermath of the 1984 military operation at the Golden Temple, Sandhwan appeared in connection...