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Just as he returned from Tianjin on September 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a tweet expressing grief over the earthquake in Afghanistan.
Almost on cue, he got a response in a tweet from Giani Harpreet Singh, former head priest of the Akal Takht and Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Gurudwara. He sees himself as a leadership claimant in Sikh religious politics, so dangerously broken by the divides in the Shiromani Akali Dal. In this perilous politico-religious vacuum, Giani Ji, as head of the breakaway Nawan (new) Akali Dal, is seeking space.
He objects to it being described as a breakaway
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