AMRITSAR, March 28 -- Once close allies, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Damdami Taksal appear to be on a collision course with the Sikh seminary upping the ante against the SAD-controlled Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for 'unceremonious' removal of Takht jathedars after the December 2 hukamnama (Sikh decree).

The Sikh clergy, in its decree, had pronounced tankah (religious punishment) against Sukhbir Singh Badal and other Akali leaders for the mistakes committed during the party's government from 2007 to 2017.

The Sikh seminary, once headed by slain militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, is all set to hold a protest outside the SGPC head office in the Golden Temple complex during its budget session on Friday (Ma...