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| SIKH LEADERS CRITICIZE BADAL FOR ACCEPTING DONATION FROM TOBACCO COMPANY | | |
Jammu,September 19 : Criticizing Mr Prakash Singh Badal,President Shiromani Akali Dal,for having accepted a donation of Rs. 8 lakhs from ITC Ltd, leaders of various Sikh organizations in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday demanded his ouster from the post of presidentship of SAD(B).
At an emergency meeting here today,which was presided over by S S Wazir, former President state Gurdwara Prabandhak Board,the Sikh leaders,while describing the act as” unpardonable as it had hurt the religious sentiments of the community people in the country and abroad,”demanded immediate resignation of Mr Badal from the Presidentship of the SAD(B).
The Sikh leaders requested Jathedar Giani Joginder Singh to summon Mr Badal before the Akal Takht where he received strict reprimand.
They called upon senior SAD members to seek Mr Badal’s resignation from the presidentship of the organization because he had “thrown the Sikh Maryada to the winds by accepting a donation from a Tobacco company.”
The meeting which was attended besides others by Mr Narbir Singh President Shiromani Youth Akali Dal,Mr Mohinder Singh,Chief organizer Bhai Kanahya Nishkam sewa society,,Mr Paramjit Singh,President AISSF and Mr Amara Singh Chief of Sikh Welfare society, requested members of the Punjab Assembly to raise their voice on the floor of the House so that Mr Badal was not allowed to use the organization,he heads, for “for fulfilling his political aspirations. |
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