Jalandhar, March 27 -- The Akal Takht-constituted five-member panel visited Jalandhar to initiate the membership drive of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

The panel comprising Gurpartap Singh Wadala, Iqbal Singh Jhunda, Manpreet Singh Ayali, Santa Singh Umaidpuri and Satwant Kaur addressed the gathering at Gurdwara Sri Guru Teg Bahadur here.

Addressing the gathering, the leaders stated that the recruitment drive has been initiated in compliance with the December 2 'hukamnama', aimed at reorganising and reviving SAD.

"We are going to every district of Punjab to seek support from the Akali workers to come forward and join the recruitment drive so as to rejuvenate the party spirits," said Wadala.

A special camp was organised for the drive in w...