Overview

• Officiating Jathedar Kuldeep Singh Gargaj convened a July 14 clergy meeting at the Akal Takht secretariat in Amritsar to resolve the jurisdictional dispute with Patna Sahib.
• Takht Patna Sahib withdrew all edicts labeling Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and the jathedars of Akal Takht and Damdama Sahib as ‘tankhaiya’.
• Akal Takht accepted Patna Sahib’s withdrawal letter and rescinded its censures of three high priests from the Bihar seat.
• Clergy leaders reaffirmed the 2003 Panth-wide decree confirming Akal Takht’s primacy and pledged ongoing cooperation among all temporal seats.
• Former Patna Sahib Jathedar Giani Ranjit Singh Gauhar was directed to withdraw his case against the management committee and receive his pending dues.