Sangrur elections- Badal, SGPC chief call on veteran Sikh leader Mann
Kanwar Inder singh/ royalpatiala.in
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal accompanied by senior leaders of his party called on the SAD (Amritsar) leader Simranjit Singh Mann at Sangrur this evening and made a fervent appeal to him to honour Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh call for putting up a consensus Panthic candidate from among the family members of Bandi Singhs in the forthcoming Sangrur Lok Sabha by poll to help secure the release of “all bandi Singhs” in different jails across the country .
The meeting lasted for nearly an hour.
Later, briefing news persons alongside Sukhbir Badal , Simanjit Singh Mann and other Akali leaders including Balwinder Singh Bhunder and Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra outside Simranjit Singh Mann’s residence, SGPC chief Prof Harjinder Singh Dhammi said that Simranjit Singh Mann had assured them that he would place the matter before senior colleagues from his party to positively consider the proposal for a common Panthic candidate to carry forward the same fight for achieving the goal of securing release of Sikh prisoners languishing in jails well beyond the expiry of their respective jail terms.
Sukhbir Badal and other Akali leaders urged S Mann to play a positive and leading role in re-enacting the saga of his own release through an electoral verdict.
Sukhbir Badal emphasised the need to respond to the call of several panthic bodies for putting up someone from among the family members of the Bandi Singhs.
A final decision to this effect is likely tomorrow.
June 3,2022
