Overview
- Voting took place at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar during the SGPC General House session, with Dhami backed by Sukhbir Singh Badal’s Shiromani Akali Dal.
- Dhami defeated the Giani Harpreet Singh–led breakaway faction’s candidate, Mithu Singh Kahneke, who secured 18 votes, with one ballot declared invalid.
- Raghujit Singh Virk was elected senior vice-president, Baldev Singh Kalyan junior vice-president, and Sher Singh Mandwala general secretary, as 11 executive members were named including Kahneke.
- The General House adopted resolutions seeking a parliamentary apology and “genocide” recognition for the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, the release of Sikh prisoners, and resistance to changes in Panjab University governance and river-water decisions.
- Akali Dal (Amritsar) leaders protested outside the venue, alleging illegal conduct and the absence of fresh SGPC general elections since 2011, while SAD leaders cast the outcome as a boost before the Tarn Taran bypoll.