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Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal expresses gratitude to two Punjab Police officers who bravely thwarted an assassination attempt outside the Golden Temple. The attacker, a former Khalistani terrorist, is now in police custody.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is facing a leadership crisis following a revolt by senior leaders against party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. The rebellion, triggered by the party’s poor performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections, has divided the party into two camps – those demanding Badal’s resignation and those supporting him.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on ‘redistribution of wealth’ made at a poll rally in Rajasthan. Badal said that the Prime Minister should never have made statements that “spread communal hatred, mutual suspicion and venom among people of our own country.”