citiesUpdated: Jan 24, 2020 22:21 ISTFour days after the Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) extended an open invitation to Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu to be their CM candidate for the 2022 assembly elections, suspended Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Friday said the announcement was made without consulting him. Dihindsa, who was in Ludhiana on Friday, said their primary focus was to rid Sikh institutions, including the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Akal Takht of the clutches of Badals. He refuted allegations that he and his son Parminder Singh Dhindsa were being used as “pawns” by the Congress a bid to weaken the SAD. The leaders said that they would also approach the Union government for conducting SGPC elections in the state. TAKSALIS’ CORE COMMITTEEMEET IN JALANDHAR ON JAN 28AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali), a splinter group of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), has called a meeting of its core committee on January 28 in Jalandhar to discuss the present political scenario of Punjab.

Source: Hindustan Times January 24, 2020 16:52 UTC