The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday hit out at Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh over his remarks against party leader and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, saying his comments reflected his feudal mindset of treating women as secondary. Accusing the Chief Minister of using intemperate language, the opposition party sought an unqualified apology from him.

SAD demands apology from Amarinder Singh

The Shiromani Akali Dal's (SAD) attack came a day after Singh, responding to Badal's accusation that his government was trying to weaken the Akal Takht, said she was the most ill-informed woman he had come across. The Akal Takht is the highest temporal body of Sikhs. Singh's remarks reflect his feudalistic mindset of treating women as secondary, SAD senior vice president, Daljeet Singh Cheema, said in a statement. He accused the Chief Minister of using intemperate and abusive language against a woman Union minister and demanded an unqualified apology from him. Cheema alleged Singh has compromised the dignity of women with his language.

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Congress tried to derive political mileage from the event: Daljeet Singh Cheema

The Akali leader also dismissed Singh's assertion that he was not politicising the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev. Cheema said even an ordinary devout Sikh could tell that the Congress was trying to derive political mileage from the event. Badal had on Monday accused the state government of playing politics over the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev

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Akali Dal vs Kamal Nath

Renewing their claims against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath over his alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Akali Dal on Monday addressed a press briefing detailing statements by its two witnesses. Speaking at the press briefing, Akali Dal leader Majinder Singh Sirsa quoted the statements of the two witnesses against Kamal Nath. He added that statement to the Nanavati Commission given by Sardar Mukhtiar Singh mentions the name of Kamal Nath in inciting the anti-Sikh violence.

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