Overview
- Bhagwant Mann appeared before the Akal Takht Secretariat, accepted that some remarks were inappropriate, and his explanation will go to the five Sikh high priests.
- The Akal Takht ordered forensic testing of the video at the center of the summons, asking the CM to propose two labs while it selects two independently.
- Mann said the state SIT probing 328 missing saroops of the Guru Granth Sahib seeks only to trace the copies and does not aim to interfere in religious institutions.
- At a Majitha event, Mann criticized SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami as aligning with SAD chief Sukhbir Badal; the SGPC condemned the remarks as derogatory.
- Mann announced AAP leader Talbir Singh Gill as the party’s 2027 Assembly candidate from Majitha and reiterated deference to the Akal Takht’s authority.