Chandigarh, March 9 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday slammed the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leadership, terming the "unceremonious" removal of jathedars as revenge. CM Mann, who flagged off the seventh batch of 36 school principals to get training at Principal's Academy in Singapore from March 9 to 15, said while replying to a query that the removal of jathedar is unfortunate as now the "politics is choosing the religious leaders".

On Friday, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) had removed Giani Raghbir Singh from post of Akal Takht jathedar and Giani Sultan Singh as Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib jathedar and appointed Sikh scholar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj as the new jathedar of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib (Anandpur Sahi...