Akal Takht chief replaced, Badal-Tohra rift widens From: India Abroad | Date: February 19, 1999 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

India Abroad

02-19-1999

Akal Takht chief replaced, Badal-Tohra rift widens

The crisis in Sikh politics reached a point of no return last week, with supporters of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal "replacing" the jathedar (head priest) of the Akal Takht, the seat of Sikhism's religious authority, with their own candidate.

The "palace coup," effected at an executive committee meeting of the Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) on Feb. 10, s...

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