Takht Sri Patna Sahib calls Akal Takht’s ‘tankhaiya’ order ‘null & void’

Says due decorum not followed portion taking decision

Hours aft Akal Takht declared 3 of the 5 precocious priests of Takht Sri Patna Sahib ‘tankhaiya’ (guilty of spiritual misconduct) and summoned its full absorption committee, the Bihar-based outfit precocious Saturday nighttime rejected the order, calling it “null and void”.

The panj pyaras astatine Takht Sri Patna Sahib maintained that since they had already declared Akal Takht’s officiating Jathedar Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Tek Singh arsenic ‘tankhaiyas’, the duo nary longer held the spiritual oregon law authorization to penalise different clergy.

They unanimously rejected the directive issued by Akal Takht, the highest temporal assemblage of Sikhism, and strictly instructed Takht Sri Patna Sahib’s precocious priests and absorption committee office-bearers and members not to look earlier it. “Anyone violating the directive volition beryllium considered a ‘tankhaiya’ and dealt with strictly arsenic per panthic traditions,” the panj pyaras declared successful their order.

Takht Sri Patna Sahib spokesperson Sudeep Singh said that portion Akal Takht held the ultimate presumption among each Sikh spiritual bodies, immoderate edict indispensable travel a defined procedure.

“The quorum is implicit lone erstwhile each the 5 jathedars of the Takhts are present. But the gathering wherever enactment was taken against Takht Sri Patna Sahib representatives had lone 2 jathedars— Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and Baba Tek Singh—and the remainder were granthis,” helium said.

The struggle betwixt the 2 salient Sikh spiritual institutions escalated connected Saturday aft Takht Sri Patna Sahib declared Shiromani Akali Dal main Sukhbir Singh Badal a ‘tankhaiya’, an bid that was swiftly rejected by Akal Takht.

The spokesperson wondered wherefore Akal Takht had not reacted arsenic swiftly when, connected May 21, Takht Sri Patna Sahib had declared Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and Giani Tek Singh ‘tankhaiya’ for reinstating Bihar body’s excommunicated Jathedar Ranjit Singh Gauhar and summoning its granthis.

The spokesperson said Akal Takht “favoured” Sukhbir erstwhile helium had not adjacent approached the apical body. “This intelligibly reflects the patronage being extended by the Akal Takht’s officiating Jathedar to Sukhbir, who was earlier declared a ‘tankhaiya’ aft helium admitted to his sins,” helium said.