https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=171.48.9.17Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]2026-08-17T18:50:30ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shiromani_Akali_Dal_Delhi&diff=279944Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi2022-01-09T14:50:19Z<p>171.48.9.17: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}<br />
{{More citations needed|date = January 2021}}<br />
'''Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi''' is a splinter group of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. SADD emerged as a separate party on 22 February 1999 when a section of the [[Delhi]] unit of the Badal-led SAD revolted against the suspension of Ranjit Singh as the [[Akal Takht]] jathedar. SADD sided with [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]] on this issue.. The convener of the new party was Avtar Singh Autopins.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/06sikh.htm|title= Majority in DGMC governing body backs Tohra |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/03akali.htm|title= Five Akali leaders seek Tohra's expulsion |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/01sgpc.htm |title= Badal tells Tohra not to boycott Khalsa celebrations |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref><br />
<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/05tohra.htm |title= Tohra calls for a 'conscience vote' at SGPC meets |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref><br />
SADD president is Paramjit Singh Sarna and general secretary is S. Balbir Singh (Vivek Vihar).<br />
<br />
In the 2002 [[Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee]] elections SADD contested with the support of Tohra and his [[Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal]]. When re-approachment took place between Tohra and Badal, SADD distanced itself from Tohra and aligned more closely with the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98dec18/head.htm|title= Tohra served with notice |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref><br />
<br />
In the 2003 DSGMC elections SADD contested supported by Congress. SADD won the elections that year.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Sikh politics}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Political parties in Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Sikh political parties]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties in India]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties established in 1999]]<br />
[[Category:1999 establishments in Delhi]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{India-party-stub}}<br />
{{Delhi-stub}}</div>171.48.9.17