Amritsar: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said all Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers and MLAs summoned by the Akal Takht will appear before the Sikh temporal seat to present their stand on the Jagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026.<\/p>\n
Addressing a press conference in Amritsar alongside AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Mann said Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan would also accompany the legislators.<\/p>\n
“The Akal Takht has summoned our MLAs and ministers. All of them will appear there. We bow to the supremacy of the Akal Takht. I had also left an official programme to appear before it earlier. Those asked to submit written replies will do so, and after the proceedings they will share their stand with the media,” Mann said.<\/p>\n
The Chief Minister clarified that he had not been summoned by the Akal Takht. The Sikh temporal seat has sought explanations from AAP ministers and legislators over their approval of the Punjab government’s recently enacted anti-sacrilege law, with which it has expressed disagreement.<\/p>\n
Mann also said the Punjab government would send the Akal Takht the video and related documents that it claims show a hyper-realistic face mask was used to create the controversial video linked to him.<\/p>\n
“We cannot even think of confronting the Akal Takht. I have maintained from the beginning that I am not the person seen in that video. Whatever decision the Akal Takht takes, we will accept it,” he said.<\/p>\n
Questioning the SGPC’s approach, Mann asked why similar public notices were not displayed outside gurdwaras when Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal was punished. At the same time, he said convening a Panthic gathering was the SGPC’s right.<\/p>\n
During the press conference, Arvind Kejriwal announced that the AAP government had decided to build a grand temple in Amritsar dedicated to Luv-Kush and Mata Janaki, adding that details of the project would be announced later.<\/p>\n
Kejriwal also targeted the handling of the alleged Ram Temple donation theft case, claiming only lower-level staff had been arrested while the main accused had been spared. He alleged that investigators had not sought police remand for the arrested persons and said the case appeared to be an attempt to cover up a much larger financial irregularity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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