Akal Takht Jathedar took a tough stance on the issue in a meeting with the SAD delegation

Chandigarh : As per the strict order from Sri Akal Takht, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working committee accepted the resignation of Sukhbir Singh Badal as the party president on Friday.

Shiromani Akali Dal spokesperson Daljeet Singh Cheema announced this here after the working committee meeting.

New development comes two days after the Akal Takht Jathedar took a tough stance on the issue in a meeting with the SAD leaders, who had not implemented his directions on re-organisation of the party.

The SAD had been arguing that the party’s constitution and its registration as a political party under the Constitution demanded it to remain secular; so receiving and implementing the directions of the Akal Takht would amount to violating the conditions of the registration.

Sukhbir Singh Badal had stepped aside from “actively” leading the party on August 30 last year, when he handed over the charge of running the party affairs to the working committee under Balwinder Singh Bhundar. On November 16, he had resigned from the post of president ahead of receiving religious punishment from the Akal Takht.