Sad affairs of SAD: akali dal spreading misinformation through its official web portal
Kanwar Inder singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ January 5,2024
As per shiromani akali dal official web portal/website many of its former leaders are still holds a key party position, which had left the party and joined its former ally Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP).
Shiromani Akali Dal is the second oldest party in India and oldest regional party of India. It was founded on December 14, 1920 at Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar and Surmukh Singh Jhabbal was its first president.
With the passage of time, many changes occurred in this regional, panthic party in all these 103 years.
The party remained in power in Punjab for 10 years, from 2007 to 2017 and lost 2 consecutive assembly polls in 2017 and 2022. Many of its leaders left the party after the party lost elections and due to some internal party politics.
But, as per shiromani akali dal these leaders are still the part of the India’s second oldest party. Even party has shown Parkash Singh Badal as its patron. He died on April 25,2023 and nothing has been mentioned about his death, anywhere in the website. Who so ever read about him, thinks , he is still alive.
One of its senior leader and former Deputy Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004 to 2009, Charanjit Singh Atwal, who remained on the advisory board of the party is still shown as the party advisor whereas he had already left the panthic party and joined the saffron party in May 2023.
Sarup Chand Singla, a prominent Hindu leader of modern akali dal is still shown as the general secretary of the ‘Traders and Industry Wing’ of Shiromani Akali Dal whereas Singla had already left akali dal and joined the saffron party BJP in June 2022. He is BJP president for Bathinda (urban).
Also, another prominent akali leader Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, who remained party senior vice president and is still shown as the office bearers, was suspended by the party high command. Later he left the party in October 2023.
Sad affairs of SAD: akali dal misinformation through its official web portal .Meanwhile, senior shiromani akali dal leaders Daljit Singh Cheema, Prem Singh Chandumajra could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
