Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- The elevation of Giani Harpreet Singh as head of the breakaway faction has come as a jolt to Sukhbir Singh Badal and has formalised the vertical split in the Akali Dal. The development has also compounded the problems and challenges for Sukhbir, who is trying to revive the party's political fortunes in the wake of a series of poll debacles in the assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
The formation of rebel factions is not a new phenomenon in Akali politics, but the present scenario is different from the past.
With the party facing an existential crisis, having been reduced to three MLAs in Vidhan Sabha and lone MP in Lok Sabha, the party leadership despite having atoned for past mistakes after undergoing tankhah, has ...
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