SAD (Taksali) announces 7 office-bearers
AMRITSAR : The newly formed Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) on Sunday announced the names of seven party office-bearers, making former MP Rattan Singh Ajnala and former state minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan senior vicepresident and secretary general.
Flanked by Ajnala and Sekhwan, party president Ranjit Singh Brahmpura made these announcements during a press conference in Amritsar.
While former district (Mohali) Akali Dal president jathedar Ujagar Singh Badali was appointed vice-president, former SAD leader from Nawanshahr, Mohinder Singh Hussainpura, was made junior vice-president. Also, former Beas MLA Manmohan Singh Sathiyala and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member from Faridkot, Makhan Singh Nanga, were chosen as general secretaries. Former SAD leader Charan Singh Ferozepur is jathebandak secretary.
The announcement comes a week after the dissident taksali leaders floated the outfit at the Akal Takht. “During a meeting earlier in the day, we passed five resolutions passed unanimously,” Brahmpura said.
In the resolutions, the outfit accused the Badals of disrespecting the sanctity of the Akal Takht by politicising the SGPC and decimating Sikh organisations by securing pardon for Dera Sacha Sauda chief . The Badals are also responsible for the incidents of Bargari and Kotakpura firing, they said. They praised lawyer HS Phoolka for fighting the case of 1984 anti-sikh riots victims . LONDON : Jagdev Singh Virdee, editor of the British Sikh Report (BSR) that provides an insight into the life of the community in the UK, has received the royal honour of the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) from Prince Charles at an investiture ceremony in Buckingham Palace.
Virdee, a senior statistician and fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, has been honoured for ‘services to statistics and to the Sikh community’. He has edited the BSR since 2015, providing key figures and insights into various
RATTAN SINGH AJNALA IS SENIOR VICEPRESIDENT, SEWA SINGH SEKHWAN SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PARTY
aspects of the community.
After the ceremony, Virdee said, “The day was a memorable and humbling one, meeting other recipients who have excelled in serving the public in various fields. It was good to discuss the BSR with Prince Charles.”
Jasvir Singh, chair of the BSR, said:“i am proud of Jagdev and his efforts for the benefit of the Sikh community since the 1970s.”
“His energy and commitment levels are infectious, and his hard work has helped ensure that the report has become a pioneering research project respected by Sikhs and non-sikhs alike.”