India, Jan. 15 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann appeared before acting jathedar Kuldeep Singh Gargaj at the Akal Takht secretariat in the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on Thursday after being summoned in connection with his alleged remarks about Sikh traditions and tenets.

The focus of the meeting was a viral video over which the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, had expressed concern and subsequently summoned the CM.

Speaking to reporters after the nearly hour-long meeting, Mann categorically denied the authenticity of the footage. "The video being circulated is completely doctored and edited with malicious intent," Mann said. "I have placed the facts before the jathedar sahab. It is a conspiracy by politica...