India, Feb. 28 -- Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh called on Harjinder Singh Dhami at his residence at Piplanwala in Hoshiarpur district and appealed to him to withdraw his resignation from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).

Dhami had resigned from the post of SGPC president on February 17 after the Akal Takht jathedar condemned the gurdwara body for the dismissal of Giani Harpreet Singh as the jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib.

The jathedar spent about half an hour with Dhami and called it a "family meet". "The family (Dhami's) has been blessed with a child after a long time, so I had come to congratulate them. It was purely a personal meeting," he told reporters.

Giani Raghbir Singh said that the Akal Takht and ...