Akal Takht, Takht Patna Sahib resolve standoff; edicts against Sukhbir Badal withdrawn

Jathedar Kuldeep Singh Gargaj holds gathering with Sikh precocious priests arsenic Bihar-based Takht retracts edicts declaring Sukhbir Badal and jathedars arsenic 'tankhaiya'

Akal Takht officiating Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj addresses the media successful Amritsar connected Monday. Tribune photo: Vishal Kumar

Akal Takht officiating Jathedar Kuldeep Singh Gargaj held a gathering with 5 Sikh precocious priests connected Monday successful transportation with resolving the ongoing standoff betwixt Akal Takht and Takht Sri Patna Sahib.

The standoff was amicably resolved during a Panj Singh Sahiban gathering nether Jathedar Gargaj’s leadership.

The gathering accepted a missive from the Bihar-based Takht withdrawing each erstwhile edicts that had declared Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and the jathedars of Akal Takht and Takht Damdama Sahib arsenic ‘tankhaiya’.

Additionally, Akal Takht besides withdrew edicts issued against the absorption of Takht Sri Patna Sahib.