Sukhibar Singh Badal.
The core committee was suddenly dissolved amid an ongoing rebellion in the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab. The rebels demanded the resignation of Sukhbir Singh Badal. After the dissolution of the core committee, Akali Dal spokesperson and senior leader Dr. Daljit Cheema said that the working committee has empowered Sukhbir Badal to rebuild the party organization.
Prem Singh Chandumajra, Surjit Rakhda and Sikandar Singh Maluka were the core committee members who demanded resignation from Sukhbir Badal.
Rebel Akali leader Gurpratap Singh Wadala criticized Badal’s move, saying that instead of showing a sense of resignation, he issued a dictatorial order aimed at sidelining those who wanted change to strengthen the party.
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After the defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, some leaders of the core committee demanded the resignation of Sukhbir Badal. There was an uproar in Shiromani Akali Dal regarding this.
Badal dissolved the core committee
Former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra, former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur, former MLA Wadala and former ministers Parminder Singh Dhindsa and Surjit Singh Rakhra were among the leaders who took up the flag of rebellion.
Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Daljit Singh Cheema announced that the core committee of the party has been dissolved with immediate effect. Shiromani Gurdwara Management Committee chief Harjinder Singh Dhami, Paramjit Singh Sarna, Iqbal Singh Junda, senior leaders Balwinder Singh Bhundar, Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal and Harcharan Bains were present in the meeting.
The core committee was reconstituted in 2022
In November 2022, Shiromani Akali Dal reconstituted the core committee. Wadala said that traditionally, when the entire organizational structure breaks down, the core committee is dissolved. But now a new tradition has been started, in which only the core committee is dissolved, he said.
Rebel Akali leaders on July 15 launched a platform – ‘Shiromani Akali Dal Sudhar Lehar’ – to strengthen and uplift the 103-year-old organisation. On July 1, rebel leaders appeared before the Jathedar of Akal Takht and apologized for the “mistakes” committed by their party while in power in the state.
