CHANDIGARH Even as Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) which is popularly known as Akal Dal Badal or Badal Dal due to Badal family’s monopoly over it, is passing through its worst phase, its president Sukhbir Badal does not refrain from making drama. Two and half months after Akal Takht Sahib declared him tankhaiya (guilty of religious misconduct) for his and his...
Punjab
Further eroding Sikh homeland’s right to its capital
CHANDIGARH Indian State’s practice of using Sikh homeland, Punjab as its colony is not ending. With its fresh move of allocating 10 acres of land in its capital Chandigarh to the BJP-led Haryana government for building a Legislative Assembly, the Central government of India has further eroded Punjab’s right to its capital that was snatched from the Sikh State in...
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