Breaking: Akali Dal Makes Major Decision Ahead of Punjab MC Elections

Jalandhar(The Uttam Hindu): he Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has decided to fight the municipal elections ahead of time. Core committee member Daljit Cheema confirmed the party will field candidates for the 43 council seats across 5 municipal corporations. This is a change from the party's earlier decision to abstain from the November by-elections, in which it did not contest any seats. Cheema reiterated that the whole party stands with Sukhbir Badal.

The Akali Dal also held an emergency core committee meeting today, attended by senior leaders including Harsimrat Badal, Bikram Majithia, and Daljit Cheema.

The meeting, which commenced at 3:30 PM, was convened to discuss the recent attack on Sukhbir Badal at Shri Darbar Sahib. The attack was the focus of the deliberations, in the wake of which the Akal Takht had issued a religious punishment for Sukhbir Badal and other leaders. Notably, Sukhbir Badal had resigned from his position as party president before the incident.