Setback to Sukhbir as SGPC chief resigns, offers to quit Akal Takht panel

HARJINDER Singh Dhami on Monday resigned as the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) following condemnation from Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh regarding the sacking of Giani Harpreet Singh from Takht Damdama Sahib by the SGPC executive committee, which Dhami chairs.

- HARPREET BAJWA @Chandigarh

Expressing his commitment to the Akal Takht, Dhami requested to be removed from the seven-member committee established by the Akal Takht the previous year to oversee the reorganization of SAD.