Conspiracy is being hatched against Akali Dal, says Dr Daljit Cheema while targeting Sukhjinder Randhawa
Dr Daljit S Cheema asserts Randhawa acting in league with rebel Akali faction, asserts delegate session to elect new President will be held on April 12 at Teja Singh Samundri Hall as per old tradition
Chandigarh, April 10, 2025 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said Congress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa had urged the Election Commission to suspend the organizational elections of the SAD on the directions of his bosses Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge in league with the rebel Akali faction.
Addressing a press conference here, senior SAD leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said Sukhjinder Randhawa’s complaint to the Election Commission was a desperate attempt to prevent the SAD from coming back in the field. “Earlier the rebel group had aligned with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and even the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to damage the SAD. Now it has even joined hands with the Congress. While it exposes the rebel group thoroughly, it also makes it clear that all the parties in the fray are afraid of the SAD”.
Asserting that the SAD had been constantly asserting that the rebel group had been trying to link the party’s membership drive with religion and get it derecognized, Dr Daljit Cheema said “the linkup between the rebel group and Sukhjinder Randhawa has proved this”. He also asked the Congress top leadership including Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge to come out in the open to fight with the SAD instead of indulging in cloak and dagger activities by presenting partisan leaders like Sukhjinder Randhawa as ‘whistle blowers’ to the Election Commission.
Dr Cheema also chided Randhawa for requesting his complaint be kept secret but simultaneously giving interviews to the media on the same subject. He said as far as the complaint of holding the election in the Teja Singh Samundri Hall was concerned, the fact of the matter was that the Hall was part of the administrative block of Sri Darbar Sahib and it was a tradition to hold the election of the SAD president in the Hall. “The SAD has also taken permission to hold the meeting in the Hall in advance”, the Akali leader added.
Dr Cheema made it clear that such desperate politically motivated attempts to sabotage the organization's elections of the SAD would not succeed. “The delegate session will elect the new President of the party on April 12 which will be followed by a massive political conference on April 13”.
The SAD leader said the rebel group had earlier aligned with the BJP to damage the SAD. “Now also Sukhjinder Randhawa has been approached to file a complaint with the Election Commission as part of this conspiracy. Earlier rebel group leader Manpreet Ayali also showed his true colours by colluding with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Vidhan Sabha to demand that the rules and regulations for appointment of the Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib be done by the State assembly”, Dr Cheema added.