Akal Takht Directs Sikh MLAs and Ministers to Boycott Bhagwant Mann in Assembly

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Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of Sikh authority, has issued a directive asking Sikh legislators and ministers to shun Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in the state assembly. The order came after Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj rejected the Punjab government's response regarding proposed amendments to the anti-sacrilege law. The Jathedar found the government's stance on the legislation unsatisfactory, prompting the strong institutional rebuke. The directive signals a significant standoff between the Akal Takht and the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab.

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