Overview
- Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the SIT located 169 of 328 missing copies of the Guru Granth Sahib at two deras near Banga, with 139 lacking official documentation.
- Officials said records exist for 30 of the traced saroops and pledged that all will be handled per Akal Takht guidance and handed to the SGPC following due maryada.
- The SIT has formally sought SGPC records from Amritsar and Chandigarh offices and recently arrested the prime accused, former SGPC internal auditor Satinder Singh Kohli.
- AAP returned to the Maghi stage with a large rally, where Mann announced a Rs 1,000 monthly assistance scheme for every woman to be provided for in the coming state budget.
- The BJP held its first Maghi conference and the SAD staged its own rally attacking AAP’s governance, while Congress stayed away citing a 2017 Akal Takht directive against political events at the religious gathering.