Sukhbir Badal to face religious censure: Will Akali Dal chart a new path?

Sukhbir Singh Badal will receive 'punishment' from religious authorities for his acts as chief minister of Punjab. The question is whether a reinvention of Badal and the Akali Dal will follow

On Monday, December 2, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal will present himself before five Sikh leaders (Panj Pyare) at the Sri Akal Takht Sahib on orders from Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh to “accept” punishment from the highest body in the Sikh religion.

  The Akal Takht will decide how he must atone for the charge that decisions and actions taken by him as chief minister of Punjab (2007-17) had harmed the Sikh Panth. He was asked to appear before the Akal Takht on August 30, was declared tankhaiya but was not awarded the punishment (tankhah). He resigned